Posted by CraigF on December 13, 2000, at 8:09:43
In reply to Re: Suicidal Son admitted last night ----- again!!!, posted by rogdog on December 13, 2000, at 1:59:35
Over 18 or not, the last thing a severely depressed and suicidal boy needs is to feel is beyond help from -- or abandoned by -- his mother.
My most serious bouts of depression and paranoia hit me in college and my mother, frankly, was one of the only people to listen. I have not become dependent on her and consider myself very independent and increasingly successful.
I know you are only trying to be helpful, but please take care in your suggestions.
It sounds like this child is extremely bright but tortured, usually a sign of some chemical imbalance (bipolar??) and not parental smothering.
smdd -- hang in there. I had attempted/threatened suicide before and now know what it's like to be on the other side. When I tried to end a relationship Friday night my boyfriend tried to kill himself (more of a bluff judging from the amount of pills he swallowed). His despair lasted through the next day and If I hadn't stayed with him for the weekend, I'm quite positive he would not be alive now.
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