Re: My Sons (Ideas for stress reduction)?

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How true any mental illness on any family member can cause alot

of stress. In my own personal life almost every member of my family

has some form of mental Illness, my mother is schizophrenic, my

father is bipolar/alcoholic, let's just say it made for an

interesting childhood. My Grandparents were normal but thier siblings

were not as my siblings are not. It seems like there are just so many

things out there to cause stress and not nearly enough (productive)

things to relieve the stress. Work was my great stress reducer, and

now I draw some but mostly crochet as long as my fingers aren't too

stiff. Anyone else have any good ideas?

> > >

> > > Wow, , you just discribed my grandson. I went to visit

my

> > son and his family this last Oct. My 10 yr old grandson was

totally

> > out of control most of the time. He is dx'd the same as your

oldest

> > son. Whenever he totally lost control, I went to the room I was

> > staying. It was so hard to see all this. He is on meds but both

> my

> > son and daughter-in-law feel that they aren't working. He picks

on

> > his 2 younger siblings but leaves the older ones alone. He even

> > threw something and hit his mother in the head. My son and

daugher-

> > in-law don't know what to do. He swearing is beyond. I know this

> is

> > off topic. I just wanted to respond to your post and let you

know

> > that I totally know what you have gone thru.

> > >

> > > D in CA

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