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Should I feel guilty for wanting my depressed adult son to live on his own
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 689133" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Hi, Maisy,</p><p> </p><p>Welcome.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>Is he paying for the apartment? Does he have a job, any source of income?</p><p> </p><p></p><p>You have every right to do this. You will not live forever. You will likely out-live your son. HE has to figure out how to get where he needs to go and how to get there. There IS help out there. But...</p><p> </p><p></p><p>This is HIS problem, not yours. You can't make him go. You can't make him take medications. And unmedicated Bi-polar is really ugly.</p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><em>He needs to learn to be independent. PERIOD</em></strong>.</p><p>It's part of the ugliness of mental health issues.</p><p>Sometimes they don't want "help". Sometimes, the help available doesn't meet their needs - medications have side-effects, counselors may not be a good fit, and so on. But... if they DON'T want help... there is literally nothing we can do for them.</p><p>I agree with you. HE has to learn how to be independent.</p><p> </p><p>And you leaving the state is a good reason to push the issue.</p><p>NO he can't move with you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 689133, member: 11791"] Hi, Maisy, Welcome. Is he paying for the apartment? Does he have a job, any source of income? You have every right to do this. You will not live forever. You will likely out-live your son. HE has to figure out how to get where he needs to go and how to get there. There IS help out there. But... This is HIS problem, not yours. You can't make him go. You can't make him take medications. And unmedicated Bi-polar is really ugly. [B][I]He needs to learn to be independent. PERIOD[/I][/B]. It's part of the ugliness of mental health issues. Sometimes they don't want "help". Sometimes, the help available doesn't meet their needs - medications have side-effects, counselors may not be a good fit, and so on. But... if they DON'T want help... there is literally nothing we can do for them. I agree with you. HE has to learn how to be independent. And you leaving the state is a good reason to push the issue. NO he can't move with you. [/QUOTE]
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