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<blockquote data-quote="Beta" data-source="post: 738687" data-attributes="member: 22597"><p>Once again, this site brings so much clarity, wisdom, and empathy to me when I need it. Thank you to all of your who share your stories. Seeing the same emotions that I myself am wading through is so helpful. This journey of parenting a dysfunctional child is a long and difficult one, but I am so thankful to have you all to come back to when I need perspective and wisdom. To Heavy Hearted--I'm so sorry for the pain you are in right now. I too think about our son (28 yo, probably Bipolar) and just what a joy he was as a child and how many hopes and dreams we had for him, and I look at him now, an angry, selfish, young man who can barely keep himself from being homeless. Our son played soccer all through school and into college, wanted to be a soccer coach, is an attractive, intelligent person. Now he works temp jobs as a general laborer, when he can get work. We're not sure if he's still living in the same place he was months ago. On the days he doesn't work, he spends time alone in his room. He has no meaningful relationships. I can't see him ever being healthy enough to marry, have a family, work, etc. Those dreams are gone. He blames us. His current anger is directed at us for being unwilling to co-sign on a car loan for him, as if anybody in their right mind would co-sign a loan for someone like him, but we are "miserable, selfish people," who have not helped him be "happy and successful." I am working on detaching and letting go of the responsibility to rescue him and be his "mommy." I have a long ways to go, but with the help of people here on this site and with God's help, I will make it. Thanks for listening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beta, post: 738687, member: 22597"] Once again, this site brings so much clarity, wisdom, and empathy to me when I need it. Thank you to all of your who share your stories. Seeing the same emotions that I myself am wading through is so helpful. This journey of parenting a dysfunctional child is a long and difficult one, but I am so thankful to have you all to come back to when I need perspective and wisdom. To Heavy Hearted--I'm so sorry for the pain you are in right now. I too think about our son (28 yo, probably Bipolar) and just what a joy he was as a child and how many hopes and dreams we had for him, and I look at him now, an angry, selfish, young man who can barely keep himself from being homeless. Our son played soccer all through school and into college, wanted to be a soccer coach, is an attractive, intelligent person. Now he works temp jobs as a general laborer, when he can get work. We're not sure if he's still living in the same place he was months ago. On the days he doesn't work, he spends time alone in his room. He has no meaningful relationships. I can't see him ever being healthy enough to marry, have a family, work, etc. Those dreams are gone. He blames us. His current anger is directed at us for being unwilling to co-sign on a car loan for him, as if anybody in their right mind would co-sign a loan for someone like him, but we are "miserable, selfish people," who have not helped him be "happy and successful." I am working on detaching and letting go of the responsibility to rescue him and be his "mommy." I have a long ways to go, but with the help of people here on this site and with God's help, I will make it. Thanks for listening. [/QUOTE]
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