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<blockquote data-quote="Starsatnight" data-source="post: 681576" data-attributes="member: 20132"><p>Thank you. Very much. My son is 20. Is depressed and is exhibiting signs of an eating disorder. He is living on his own, is going to college and is working. He lived with us for 8 months, shut down but I insisted he get help, get a job etc... I pushed hard, told him he needed to keep moving forward etc... All what I just explained is quite a bit more bland than the constant darkness and manipulation I constantly "fought" with. He refused help. I made the calls. He didn't follow through. I know he is in a dark place, and he isn't rational, and yet when I threatened him with moving out immediately, he did get a job. He did start college, almost a year later and a sophomore in college--but he is sinking again. And, I love him, but I am stepping aside. Hes's so thin, so scary thin. He has become isolated, socially withdrawn. And when he is around people, he finds a way to belittle them so he can stay away. Again, I don't have the strength to explain what all has transpired. He isn't home now, and he says he is going to sleep in a car this summer rather than move home. That's ok! Alright...not really...but if that is what he chooses, than so be it. </p><p>I have read the link to the detachment...THANK YOU.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Starsatnight, post: 681576, member: 20132"] Thank you. Very much. My son is 20. Is depressed and is exhibiting signs of an eating disorder. He is living on his own, is going to college and is working. He lived with us for 8 months, shut down but I insisted he get help, get a job etc... I pushed hard, told him he needed to keep moving forward etc... All what I just explained is quite a bit more bland than the constant darkness and manipulation I constantly "fought" with. He refused help. I made the calls. He didn't follow through. I know he is in a dark place, and he isn't rational, and yet when I threatened him with moving out immediately, he did get a job. He did start college, almost a year later and a sophomore in college--but he is sinking again. And, I love him, but I am stepping aside. Hes's so thin, so scary thin. He has become isolated, socially withdrawn. And when he is around people, he finds a way to belittle them so he can stay away. Again, I don't have the strength to explain what all has transpired. He isn't home now, and he says he is going to sleep in a car this summer rather than move home. That's ok! Alright...not really...but if that is what he chooses, than so be it. I have read the link to the detachment...THANK YOU. [/QUOTE]
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