Crap, I can't call block for the life of me

[Guest guest]

.....I guess I didn't do it right. She called today. Twice. That's all. But,

still. Now I am ridden with anxiety again. Apparently her new theory after the

mother's day fiasco is that I am trying to break up she and Dad.

Who thinks that about their child? Seriously.

Grrrrr...I was just beginning to enjoy the peace and quiet,

[Guest guest]

Maybe someone you know can come over and help you figure out the call-blocking

function. From what I understand, each phone service provider has its own way

to set up their call-blocking option, and it varies RE how easy or difficult

that is. I'm lucky, mine's easy.

Does your phone service provider offer tech support? Might be worth looking

into; if so, perhaps they could talk you through it.

As an option, you could perhaps put your phone on " no ring " and just let all

calls roll over into voice-mail. Then you could just delete her messages

without listening to them, or listen to them if you like.

Its sad, but " Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation (thoughts), delusions

or severe dissociative symptoms " are one of the diagnostic criteria for bpd.

Everything except hallucinations. Apparently hallucinations are indicative of

something even more severe. Seeing people or animals or other things that

aren't really there, hearing voices that others can't hear, etc., is considered

" psychosis. " A person who is psychotic can't tell what is real from what isn't.

I'm not clear on why paranoid delusions are *not* considered to be " psychotic "

because they are clearly not connected to reality, but, the DSM establishes that

there is a difference between a hallucination and a paranoid delusion. Perhaps

its because a hallucination involves the senses, whereas a delusion only

involves disordered thinking. (Seems to be a *very* fine hair to split, in my

opinion.)

So, your mother is having paranoid thoughts about you; truly very sad. Your

mother is the only one who can decide to get treatment and stay in treatment; I

hope she will decide to do so. Maybe your Dad can convince her that she needs

to go into therapy.

-Annie

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> ....I guess I didn't do it right. She called today. Twice. That's all. But,

still. Now I am ridden with anxiety again. Apparently her new theory after the

mother's day fiasco is that I am trying to break up she and Dad.

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> Who thinks that about their child? Seriously.

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> Grrrrr...I was just beginning to enjoy the peace and quiet,

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