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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="jetsam" data-source="post: 699463" data-attributes="member: 20689"><p>ah yes, you could have just as well been talking about my 29yo son. Yup self medicates with pot on a daily basis (and who knows what else) and yes totally unmotivated choosing to mooch off of us also. Job after job etc but he knows we won't give him money so he still attempts to work (although he jumps from job to job) He also refuses to get help in the form of a psychiatrist or counseling. I Know the pain and frustration but i am learning to detach-each day I get a little stronger. We are leaving the state when our lease is up and we also have decided that our son will not be coming with us.We try to prepare him for this but he never wants to engage in the conversation. I guess he prefers to play ostrich and stick his head in the sand instead of being prepared...or maybe he just doesn't believe us, after all, we have given him ultimatums before that we didn't follow through on . classic enabling behavior I Know. But I am stronger than i was in the past or maybe Ive just reached my limit. I feel for you. I know what your feeling. Be strong and keep rereading the article on detachment! It helps me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jetsam, post: 699463, member: 20689"] ah yes, you could have just as well been talking about my 29yo son. Yup self medicates with pot on a daily basis (and who knows what else) and yes totally unmotivated choosing to mooch off of us also. Job after job etc but he knows we won't give him money so he still attempts to work (although he jumps from job to job) He also refuses to get help in the form of a psychiatrist or counseling. I Know the pain and frustration but i am learning to detach-each day I get a little stronger. We are leaving the state when our lease is up and we also have decided that our son will not be coming with us.We try to prepare him for this but he never wants to engage in the conversation. I guess he prefers to play ostrich and stick his head in the sand instead of being prepared...or maybe he just doesn't believe us, after all, we have given him ultimatums before that we didn't follow through on . classic enabling behavior I Know. But I am stronger than i was in the past or maybe Ive just reached my limit. I feel for you. I know what your feeling. Be strong and keep rereading the article on detachment! It helps me. [/QUOTE]
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