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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 346375" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>She's starting to remind me of my difficult child-dad who has a severe complex of anxiety-related issues that evolved over his lifetime into agoraphobia, depression, and most probably borderline personality disorder (as far as I can see from my layman's experience). </p><p> </p><p>You've really got to try to detach from her whenever she starts ranting about something or you're going to lose it yourself. When she starts up, just look at her, smile, and think to yourself that she is ill, that this is her disease taking over and it's NOT your fault. Go to your "happy place", tune her out, whatever it takes to keep yourself from getting drawn into the emotional chaos she's brewing. </p><p> </p><p>My dad does the same stuff to the people in his life. Now it's just my mom because she's the only one in his life on a daily basis (he has no friends, and all but one of his sibs are deceased). When I lived at home, he would rant for hours at me -- I got very good at looking like I was listening while my mind was very far away. I think that's the only thing that saved me from going into a very dark place of my own.</p><p> </p><p>Sounds like the psychiatrist may be on the right track for difficult child... it will take time, but hopefully this new approach with the medications will work and you can get your daughter back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 346375, member: 3444"] She's starting to remind me of my difficult child-dad who has a severe complex of anxiety-related issues that evolved over his lifetime into agoraphobia, depression, and most probably borderline personality disorder (as far as I can see from my layman's experience). You've really got to try to detach from her whenever she starts ranting about something or you're going to lose it yourself. When she starts up, just look at her, smile, and think to yourself that she is ill, that this is her disease taking over and it's NOT your fault. Go to your "happy place", tune her out, whatever it takes to keep yourself from getting drawn into the emotional chaos she's brewing. My dad does the same stuff to the people in his life. Now it's just my mom because she's the only one in his life on a daily basis (he has no friends, and all but one of his sibs are deceased). When I lived at home, he would rant for hours at me -- I got very good at looking like I was listening while my mind was very far away. I think that's the only thing that saved me from going into a very dark place of my own. Sounds like the psychiatrist may be on the right track for difficult child... it will take time, but hopefully this new approach with the medications will work and you can get your daughter back. [/QUOTE]
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