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Son needs to leave home (31)

Son needs to leave home (31)

My 31 year oldson still lives with me. I really struggle to support us both. There are ok times, but every day he will bring me to tears at some point with his aggression and rudeness. I have to hold down a job but I feel like I am really losing my own mental health and breaking. I live in Sydney.I have just given my son a months notice to leave but I know he won't. Not sure of the diagnosis as it keeps changing and his psychologist won't talk to me. I can wake up and spend hours before work trying to think of ways to make him better or happier but , as today, just be abused verbally and emotionally. He is very against getting ny government hlp but doesn't have a job and I think would be unable to hold one down right now. (I know!) One diagnosis thrown around was Avoidant Personality Disorder. He cannot take any negative judgements so when I have ever tried to get some disability support for him (as advised by people from mental health, doctors etc) he finds it too confronting and lies about his life and health, saying how greta it is. Thats good, say the people listening. No help. Now he's feeling some motivation to get out of bed and wants to go to the gym. I don't have money for this yet and he's so frustrated with my 'lack of support'. UNfortunately I'm a casual worker and the work and costs of Matthews doctors and life mean we live on credit. All of that is one thing, but to have him abuse me and blame me is becoming over time more than I can deal with. I also have an anxiety disorder but I function if not being totally bullied and abused.

The problem is, where to turn? Matthew needs to break away from here and be independent from me. He's frustrated living with his Mum, no friends, no girlfriends. Normal really. But he can't stand on his own feet or live with other (judgemental) people.

All fine, but I am falling apart.

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Re: Son needs to leave home (31)

At 31 years your son can understand basic issues of survival.

Yes it is great he has some motivation to go to the gym.

As parents of vulnerable people we want to extend a care bubble around them.

Sometimes money issues can be used to show what is viable and what is care and what is taking advantage and tipping over into abuse.

Good luck.

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Re: Son needs to leave home (31)

Hi @sharona, how are you? Love responses your getting.

@ivana brings up something that you might be able to do when your son leaves and.....exercises in communicating . I must look that up.

@Appleblossom
knowledge......
@Louise
writes of support people which I personally feel is a good way to go.

Can you try for assistance of getting support person with;
Salvation Army
Arafmi
You could be surprised at your options.

I'm like @Alessandra1992. I cannot bear being abused.

Just to let you know.....my son was really ill till he was 16. He then moved out of home with my Mum. For the past 6 months, she's been saying hE's been messing her around and she asked him to leave about 3 weeks ago. Then I forgot his 21st birthday. And my oldest son is suffering mental ill health over East and he felt very Isolated.
He survived. So will your son.

I personally have a gift of gathering up as much support as I can get because I feel I need a lot., when I go through a dilemma, I can deal with it better.
You deserve that too.

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@PeppiPatty

Lucky you about getting support. Is it a gift or a skill or good luck, right place at right time?

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@sharona

I hope you have managed to get support to stem the flow of negativity.

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Hi @sharona, I remember reading your post but was dealing with my own stuff......still am but fortunately, first step is taken. I agree with Ivana. But I'm a little like you, overwhelmed and too much to go to Pilates at the moment but ......I did go to some classes and oh, I felt amazing........well, that was a couple years ago ....... Now I just, do the stretchy thing 3x10 per day. The stretchy thing sits there and working out I'm not in that place to use it at the moment....... what @Louise said is just so right. when I go through nightmares with illness it's so good to have a support person. When I went through getting rid of nightmare ex who just wouldn't go even though called the police.....etc, I decided to take a different tactic and on my own got.....support letters from Doctors and the local community centre which had a homeless section that he was well known at. I did it alone and used Sane forums to get through it. Could you access a support. Person via your 1: GP

2. Salvation Army

3. Local church?

4 community centre ?

What do you think ?

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