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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 486650"><p>I think all the feelings we have towards our difficult children and what they have put us through are normal... those feelings of anger, grief, sadness, and hope are normal. I can say I have felt them all at different times. A few weeks ago I was really really angry at my difficult child and felt I was done.... then he took some right steps and I got hopeful and then disappointed and totally disgusted... and now he has taken some right steps again. I am a lot less hopeful this time around but still a little bit. I think what I often feel is overwhelming sadness that he has messed up his life so much... I think about what could have been, the path most kids take and I just feel sad for him. But then he does something really stupid, and self destructive and I get angry again. I think I would be a whole lot angrier if he lived at home....in fact when he was living at home I was angry a lot of the time.</p><p></p><p>I was talking with a friend this morning about the "empty nest" syndrome. I will be sad when my daughter goes off to college because I will miss her so much. I do not feel that way about my son not being at home. That is sad to me but really it is such a relief to not have him here and to have peace in the house.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 486650"] I think all the feelings we have towards our difficult children and what they have put us through are normal... those feelings of anger, grief, sadness, and hope are normal. I can say I have felt them all at different times. A few weeks ago I was really really angry at my difficult child and felt I was done.... then he took some right steps and I got hopeful and then disappointed and totally disgusted... and now he has taken some right steps again. I am a lot less hopeful this time around but still a little bit. I think what I often feel is overwhelming sadness that he has messed up his life so much... I think about what could have been, the path most kids take and I just feel sad for him. But then he does something really stupid, and self destructive and I get angry again. I think I would be a whole lot angrier if he lived at home....in fact when he was living at home I was angry a lot of the time. I was talking with a friend this morning about the "empty nest" syndrome. I will be sad when my daughter goes off to college because I will miss her so much. I do not feel that way about my son not being at home. That is sad to me but really it is such a relief to not have him here and to have peace in the house. TL [/QUOTE]
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