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<blockquote data-quote="KFld" data-source="post: 78198" data-attributes="member: 2442"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DDD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I've been worrying</p><p>about his cycle of winter depression </div></div></p><p></p><p>His anxiety level usually hits the roof during the winter, then he looks for everyone to keep him busy and make him happy. Not a good combination with what he is already going through right now. I really hope he sticks to the counseling through these next months so he doesn't continue to look for negative things to fill him up and make him happy. </p><p></p><p>He admitted to me that the other night he went out for a few drinks and woke up at 4 in the morning sprawled sideways across his bed, with his boots still on, and doesn't remember getting home, but I know he drove!! What happens next after that is he gets vertigo. He gets this everytime he drinks to the point of not remembering, and he suffers from it for days. </p><p></p><p>He has a lot of stuff to work on that I cannot help him with at this point. Hopefully he'll be strong enough to help himself. </p><p></p><p>I guess I have to almost see this as detatching from a difficult child. he's making his choices, he has to learn to live with them, and he's the only one who can help himself. I can't allow him to destroy my life in the meantime though, so I need to move on right now and take care of me and detatch from what he is doing to himself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KFld, post: 78198, member: 2442"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DDD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I've been worrying about his cycle of winter depression </div></div> His anxiety level usually hits the roof during the winter, then he looks for everyone to keep him busy and make him happy. Not a good combination with what he is already going through right now. I really hope he sticks to the counseling through these next months so he doesn't continue to look for negative things to fill him up and make him happy. He admitted to me that the other night he went out for a few drinks and woke up at 4 in the morning sprawled sideways across his bed, with his boots still on, and doesn't remember getting home, but I know he drove!! What happens next after that is he gets vertigo. He gets this everytime he drinks to the point of not remembering, and he suffers from it for days. He has a lot of stuff to work on that I cannot help him with at this point. Hopefully he'll be strong enough to help himself. I guess I have to almost see this as detatching from a difficult child. he's making his choices, he has to learn to live with them, and he's the only one who can help himself. I can't allow him to destroy my life in the meantime though, so I need to move on right now and take care of me and detatch from what he is doing to himself. [/QUOTE]
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