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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 698191" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Welcome Tryintocope. I'm so sorry for the struggles with your daughter, it's been a very long road for you. </p><p></p><p>Your daughter is now an adult which makes any control you have over her impossible. As many of us here have learned, it is now US who have to do the changing. Antisocial Personality disorder is a tough one, if that is indeed the diagnosis, you may want to contact NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, you can contact them online and they have chapters in many cities. They have an excellent support system for parents, which I would invite you to look into so you get the support <u>you</u> need. After so many years of focusing on your daughter, you have probably not been taking care of your own needs, so YOU getting support is necessary. </p><p></p><p>You may want to read the article on detachment at the bottom of my post here. For many of us, getting into therapy so that WE have a safe place to go for support becomes necessary and can be extremely helpful to offer not only support, but compassion, guidance, information, resources........NAMI can offer you resources as well.</p><p></p><p>The path you're on with your daughter is difficult. It forces us to learn how to parent in a very different way. It pushes us towards learning detachment, not an easy task. We have to learn to accept what we can't change and let go in many ways that parents of typical kids don't have to go through, it is not easy.........but it is doable. As you develop your own "tool box" of resources for you, the path becomes less difficult and you can see a light at the end of the tunnel. Be very kind to yourself, you've been through a lot.</p><p></p><p>Keep posting, it helps. You're not alone, we know how you feel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 698191, member: 13542"] Welcome Tryintocope. I'm so sorry for the struggles with your daughter, it's been a very long road for you. Your daughter is now an adult which makes any control you have over her impossible. As many of us here have learned, it is now US who have to do the changing. Antisocial Personality disorder is a tough one, if that is indeed the diagnosis, you may want to contact NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, you can contact them online and they have chapters in many cities. They have an excellent support system for parents, which I would invite you to look into so you get the support [U]you[/U] need. After so many years of focusing on your daughter, you have probably not been taking care of your own needs, so YOU getting support is necessary. You may want to read the article on detachment at the bottom of my post here. For many of us, getting into therapy so that WE have a safe place to go for support becomes necessary and can be extremely helpful to offer not only support, but compassion, guidance, information, resources........NAMI can offer you resources as well. The path you're on with your daughter is difficult. It forces us to learn how to parent in a very different way. It pushes us towards learning detachment, not an easy task. We have to learn to accept what we can't change and let go in many ways that parents of typical kids don't have to go through, it is not easy.........but it is doable. As you develop your own "tool box" of resources for you, the path becomes less difficult and you can see a light at the end of the tunnel. Be very kind to yourself, you've been through a lot. Keep posting, it helps. You're not alone, we know how you feel. [/QUOTE]
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