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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 33276" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>Hi Grammy. Just a quick thought - even if your daughter was what we call a difficult child earlier in her life - and finally pulled it around, she may now be completely overwhelmed with how deep the hole is that she dug for herself.</p><p></p><p>{warning - analogy coming} Did you see the movie "The Guardian"? There was a scene where the rescue swimmer was trying to save a husband and wife; wife badly injured, needed to go up to the helo first. Husband loses it, tries to push wife out of the basket and go up first - gets a punch in the nose for his trouble, but finally realizes what's up and lets the swimmer do his job.</p><p></p><p>I learned the same thing in lifeguard training: a drowning person will climb on top of you and drown you, just to save themselves. It isn't personal, it's an animal reflex tied to survival.</p><p></p><p>From reading your story, it sure sounds like your daughter is "drowning", and climbing on top of you to save herself. Been there, done that myself, and needed to help myself before I could make my situation better for my family.</p><p></p><p>Has she sought any kind of professional help at all? Individual or group therapy? Peer support groups? Local support resources from the city/county?</p><p></p><p>Just my two pennies worth. </p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 33276, member: 3579"] Hi Grammy. Just a quick thought - even if your daughter was what we call a difficult child earlier in her life - and finally pulled it around, she may now be completely overwhelmed with how deep the hole is that she dug for herself. {warning - analogy coming} Did you see the movie "The Guardian"? There was a scene where the rescue swimmer was trying to save a husband and wife; wife badly injured, needed to go up to the helo first. Husband loses it, tries to push wife out of the basket and go up first - gets a punch in the nose for his trouble, but finally realizes what's up and lets the swimmer do his job. I learned the same thing in lifeguard training: a drowning person will climb on top of you and drown you, just to save themselves. It isn't personal, it's an animal reflex tied to survival. From reading your story, it sure sounds like your daughter is "drowning", and climbing on top of you to save herself. Been there, done that myself, and needed to help myself before I could make my situation better for my family. Has she sought any kind of professional help at all? Individual or group therapy? Peer support groups? Local support resources from the city/county? Just my two pennies worth. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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