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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 748477" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>My son was doing similar stuff, not quite so bad, but bad enough. He still is all wrapped up in it, but it seems less intense, less rigid. I tell you this to let you know that I have dealt with something similar and I had similar reactions, to you.</p><p></p><p>I think Kay sounds like she could be mentally ill. For a time I worried my son had Delusional Disorder, which is a very serious mental illness, approaching a psychosis. Such people have NO insight into their condition. Their beliefs are rigid, stereotypical, extreme, and often paranoid and bizarre. You can google delusional disorder and conspiracy theories, and see what comes up.</p><p></p><p>The thing is, when people have this condition, there is NO talking to them about it. They have NO perspective. NO reality testing. They believe that 100 percent what they think and feel are real, true.</p><p></p><p>I don't think there is anything you can do in this situation except what you are doing, which is to remove yourself from it. What I want to get across to you is that she seems largely helpless. She seems to not be choosing this. She is not deliberately targeting you. She is in the sway of something that has overwhelmed her. That's what I think.</p><p></p><p>It is very sad.</p><p></p><p>My son believes conspiracy theories and he also has BDD which is body dysmorphic disorder. He believes he is disfigured because he has a receding hairline. With this he is getting better. He is able to accept that this is a psychological condition even though it feels like reality to him. Before he would not hear there was a psychological element.</p><p></p><p>With respect to the conspiracy theories, he still believes them 100 percent, but you can talk to him, and he is more easy going about it. Less pushy. Not one hundred percent in their sway.</p><p></p><p>When he was rigid I would not speak to him, if he began to utter one word about it. He learned. He changed his behavior. A person with Delusional Disorder would not be able to have this flexibility, changing, or the beginnings of insight.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what is Kay's issue. What I do know is that she does not have control here.</p><p></p><p>I would try to back off as much as I could. She clearly becomes agitated when she speaks to you about it. For reasons that are not clear. But I don't see how you have any influence. If the husband was not around it could be different, but he seems controlling and even abusive.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 748477, member: 18958"] My son was doing similar stuff, not quite so bad, but bad enough. He still is all wrapped up in it, but it seems less intense, less rigid. I tell you this to let you know that I have dealt with something similar and I had similar reactions, to you. I think Kay sounds like she could be mentally ill. For a time I worried my son had Delusional Disorder, which is a very serious mental illness, approaching a psychosis. Such people have NO insight into their condition. Their beliefs are rigid, stereotypical, extreme, and often paranoid and bizarre. You can google delusional disorder and conspiracy theories, and see what comes up. The thing is, when people have this condition, there is NO talking to them about it. They have NO perspective. NO reality testing. They believe that 100 percent what they think and feel are real, true. I don't think there is anything you can do in this situation except what you are doing, which is to remove yourself from it. What I want to get across to you is that she seems largely helpless. She seems to not be choosing this. She is not deliberately targeting you. She is in the sway of something that has overwhelmed her. That's what I think. It is very sad. My son believes conspiracy theories and he also has BDD which is body dysmorphic disorder. He believes he is disfigured because he has a receding hairline. With this he is getting better. He is able to accept that this is a psychological condition even though it feels like reality to him. Before he would not hear there was a psychological element. With respect to the conspiracy theories, he still believes them 100 percent, but you can talk to him, and he is more easy going about it. Less pushy. Not one hundred percent in their sway. When he was rigid I would not speak to him, if he began to utter one word about it. He learned. He changed his behavior. A person with Delusional Disorder would not be able to have this flexibility, changing, or the beginnings of insight. I don't know what is Kay's issue. What I do know is that she does not have control here. I would try to back off as much as I could. She clearly becomes agitated when she speaks to you about it. For reasons that are not clear. But I don't see how you have any influence. If the husband was not around it could be different, but he seems controlling and even abusive. I'm sorry. [/QUOTE]
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