And if you believe it was just 'one night'.... I have some land in southern Florida to sell you.
Unless there are drugs involved??
my son has an extreme case of social anxiety -- plus some other issues.
i know that it was only one night -- because all of his other nights are spent at home -- and i'm home as well. so is his father.
the friend he went out with -- he's been friends with since kindergarten -- i'm sure it didn't start off as a "drug friendship".
so -- yes -- he's 20 and i can say that except for one night of his life he wanted to ride around with a friend -- he has been right here with us. he has a couple friends that come over -- and that's it. he is trying to take a class or two at the local college -- can't make it through the classes because he begins to "hear" people whispering about him. not quite hearing voices -- but close enough -- it's anxiety driven to paranoia which qualifies him as being psychotic. and --yes -- he is and has been in treatment for years. some days it works well, other days not so much.
it's sad -- but true. every weekend night when other kids are out having a good time or getting into trouble, he's here.
i wonder what he will do as the two friends he has from school continue through college and move on with their lives. maybe he'll just be friendless and people like you can make fun of him?
has he tried drugs? yes he has -- hell, if i went through the mental torture he goes through on a daily basis, maybe i'd be on drugs too. did it start out with drugs? the first time we saw problems was in third grade -- i'm pretty sure he wasn't on drugs at the time. each time he's hit a crisis and we considered hospitalization, we've had him drug tested as well so that we would know exactly what he might be using that he wasn't telling us about -- and he's either came up clean or been completely honest about them up front.
is there no compassion on this site? or does everyone here make up their minds about everyone based on stereotypes?
i was just trying to offer a little advice to the OT from another mother who has a son with some issues that complicates things.
when my son got the possession charge, i didn't make any excuses with the court about his mental illness or anything else. we hired a reputable lawyer and he took the consequences without excuses. thankfully, it did not require jail time as i'm sure that would have led to another psychotic break and probably an inpatient stay.
i truely hope that no one in your family is ever touched my mental illness.
i guess it's people like you that make him so afraid of people in general. i like to think that most people are nice and helpful and mean no harm -- then i come across someone like you and i'm proven wrong.
