Daughter continues to have her ups and downs, and rationality seems beyond her right now. She is unwilling to take responsibility for her life, and doesn't recognize how contradictory her statements can be.
This morning she was complaining because we are pushing her too hard to fast. Yesterday we were holding her back.
She wants to live with a nurse, and she will pay her nurse out of her paycheck ($3 for the last 2 weeks). She can't handle living in group homes. There are too many people and it's too overwhelming. She wants to live in a larger group home because she'll be happy there.
I have stopped locking food up, and she is responding by getting up and eating during the night. I remind her she can't have any more freedom until she can control her eating.
She can't handle a painting class at Painting with a Twist because the verbal instructions are too overwhelming. She wants me to help her enroll in nursing school.
She has a new boyfriend, but it's okay because if they get married he won't force her to have sex.
She wants a better job. Her volunteer job at the church is too much work.
I am disengaging from the turmoil. I occasionally point out the contradictions, but for the most part I let her talk and just nod.
She wanted to come help me this weekend, so she is now pouting on the sofa under a blanket. It's amazing we both don't have whiplash.
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Could part of her problem be SAD - seasonal affective disorder? It seems that each winter she seems to struggle and I wonder if lack of sunlight is contributing to her other issues?
I don't think so-- she doesn't seem depressed. When she's depressed, it's very obvious.
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