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RamblingRose

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Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:56 AM Jun 2020

Help! Trying to keep my family from falling apart!! [View all]

Our 20 y/o daughter came home from college when they closed the campus then finished her classes online from home even though she has an apartment at school she shares with one roommate

Her original plan for the summer was to go on a birthright trip but it was canceled due to Covid, so understandably, she is suffering from depression & anxiety, but she is taking full advantage of us and treating us like shit.

When we talked with her about seeing a therapist she said 'I'm an adult and you cant make me go.' My husband tried some other approaches but we keep hitting a brick wall.

If we take the 'tough love' approach and take her (our) car away & remove her from our family plan I'm afraid of what she may do.

I know there's no way she would agree to go to family counseling with us.

I keep reminding myself their brains aren't fully developed.

Therapist? Psychologist? Psychiatrist?












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Time for some serious boundaries and options if she wants to remain living at home. mnhtnbb Jun 2020 #1
Boundaries? Laelth Jun 2020 #7
What's a birthright trip? cilla4progress Jun 2020 #2
Apparently oswaldactedalone Jun 2020 #8
I just looked it up Proud liberal 80 Jun 2020 #9
She was raised Christian but my father who was never a part of my life was Jewish so they must not RamblingRose Jun 2020 #13
She... Newest Reality Jun 2020 #3
Was she an unruly, rambunctious child? Diagnosed ADHD? Laelth Jun 2020 #4
I'll have to read up on Cluster B personality. She's an introvert and growing up she generally RamblingRose Jun 2020 #10
Assuming no ADHD diagnosis, nor conduct disorder ... Laelth Jun 2020 #12
For your consideration ... n/t Laelth Jun 2020 #14
You and your partner should go see a therapist without her then. Hopefully will help you put a Cousin Dupree Jun 2020 #5
Is there another adult you could enlist? Phoenix61 Jun 2020 #6
send her on a trip. mopinko Jun 2020 #11
"on a one way ticket" as my mom used to say to me n/t RamblingRose Jun 2020 #15
wellll, maybe just think that. or say it under your breath. mopinko Jun 2020 #21
She's 20? It may sound cold, but JenniferJuniper Jun 2020 #16
Still sounds like a rebellious teenager, Bayard Jun 2020 #17
She never got in trouble in high school and was involved in band, color guard, Odyssey of the Mind RamblingRose Jun 2020 #19
I do not recommend withdrawing health insurance delisen Jun 2020 #18
After she got passed out drunk, not knowing it was from drinking, my husband took her to the doctor RamblingRose Jun 2020 #20
Outdoor experiences? Depending where you live.. lostnfound Jun 2020 #22
I put my parents through bloody hell and had many fine adventures along the way. hunter Jun 2020 #23
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