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<blockquote data-quote="tishthedish" data-source="post: 634020" data-attributes="member: 17103"><p>Dear Wendy, I have 2 difficult child's. They were demanding as children as we were raising them and the pattern has continued and worsened into adulthood. It's is a combination of mental health and addiction issues. In my ongoing project of detachment from them I have taken one step forward, two back. I have been verbally and emotionally abused to the extreme. And I do have those moments where I question why and how this happened to our family. It did come to the point that they both had to leave our home. It was wrenching, but no matter how complicated and unmanageable things become or what poor decisions they make, the one thing I am absolutely firm on with my husband is that we will never again live under the same roof with either of them. Everyday leading up to the decision to take back our house was agonizing. We were once a happy nuclear family here. But once both sons were out and knew we meant business about not returning it was such a relief. I sit in my house and when I start to be barraged with phone calls and texts and I feel my anxiety level rising, I think to myself, I am safe here. I can turn off the phone, not answer the door and just "be" inside the home my husband and I built. My sons lived here for a time, but it is the fruit of many years of planning and labor. Good luck as you start this journey. Keep posting and coming back. There are so many of us who understand and care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tishthedish, post: 634020, member: 17103"] Dear Wendy, I have 2 difficult child's. They were demanding as children as we were raising them and the pattern has continued and worsened into adulthood. It's is a combination of mental health and addiction issues. In my ongoing project of detachment from them I have taken one step forward, two back. I have been verbally and emotionally abused to the extreme. And I do have those moments where I question why and how this happened to our family. It did come to the point that they both had to leave our home. It was wrenching, but no matter how complicated and unmanageable things become or what poor decisions they make, the one thing I am absolutely firm on with my husband is that we will never again live under the same roof with either of them. Everyday leading up to the decision to take back our house was agonizing. We were once a happy nuclear family here. But once both sons were out and knew we meant business about not returning it was such a relief. I sit in my house and when I start to be barraged with phone calls and texts and I feel my anxiety level rising, I think to myself, I am safe here. I can turn off the phone, not answer the door and just "be" inside the home my husband and I built. My sons lived here for a time, but it is the fruit of many years of planning and labor. Good luck as you start this journey. Keep posting and coming back. There are so many of us who understand and care. [/QUOTE]
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