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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 681382" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>The cats, I can rationalize a bit - not guaranteed to be right, this is just based on my own experience. The feeding the cats may be the sliver of the real, caring person who is "inside" Pat. In some ways, the cats are a knot at the end of his rope. If he stops caring for them, it would be a major red flag. For now, it's a sign that he still genuinely cares about another living being, which is a good thing.</p><p> </p><p>The laundry. Having fought for so long to get him to do it, it's kind of ironic that it's now part of the "puzzle". A couple of takes on this. Maybe it's one area where everything you did to teach him this skill... stuck. In which case, how to transfer it to other skills? (I'll give that a 5% likelihood... based on the fact that you have likely already tried to do that!) Or... clean laundry has become the new normal, and he no longer likes the feel of dirty clothes. And yes, I know - how can clean clothes be so important, and all sorts of other dirty, smelly stuff, not even register.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 681382, member: 11791"] The cats, I can rationalize a bit - not guaranteed to be right, this is just based on my own experience. The feeding the cats may be the sliver of the real, caring person who is "inside" Pat. In some ways, the cats are a knot at the end of his rope. If he stops caring for them, it would be a major red flag. For now, it's a sign that he still genuinely cares about another living being, which is a good thing. The laundry. Having fought for so long to get him to do it, it's kind of ironic that it's now part of the "puzzle". A couple of takes on this. Maybe it's one area where everything you did to teach him this skill... stuck. In which case, how to transfer it to other skills? (I'll give that a 5% likelihood... based on the fact that you have likely already tried to do that!) Or... clean laundry has become the new normal, and he no longer likes the feel of dirty clothes. And yes, I know - how can clean clothes be so important, and all sorts of other dirty, smelly stuff, not even register. [/QUOTE]
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