[Lincolnparkdc] The young man and his living arrangements

[Karen Saxe]

Thank you Alden, for that point of view. Parents of teens and young adults
who suffer from mental illness are often in very tricky spots trying to
support the sufferer, and all those involved, while also trying to protect
the sufferer, and all those around. I have had experience with this. I just
hope this young man gets the help he needs, that his family doesn't suffer
too much and has the support they need, and that the neighbors are
protected too.

Not easy for anyone.

karen

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 4:34 PM Alden O'Brien <aldenob151 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let's not judge the father too harshly for "letting" his son live
> independently. You don't know the whole story. Maybe the son had been doing
> fine. Maybe there are other members of the family living with the father,
> who need not to be living with a mentally ill person who could be
> traumatizing them. As the widow of someone who struggled with a downward
> spiral into deep depression and occasional mild psychosis, I can testify
> that you can reach a point where you have to look for another place for
> someone to live rather than let conditions at home be such that a
> responsible observer would have called Child Protective Services if I
> hadn't. (NB he was not a physical danger to anyone.)  So, you have no idea
> what that family is trying to juggle between caring for a disturbed family
> member, and protecting others in the family from emotional fallout.
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