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How could I encourage my mom to seek some kind of professional help?

My parents went through a very ugly divorce and they can’t even speak to each other. This is really hard for me. On top of this, my dad and his mother are bipolar so I am also on medication for depression. :-( I feel like I don’t have a solid support system, especially my mom. She is very irrational and freaks out about every little thing I try to talk to her about! I don’t know what to do. I wish she’d go to therapy but she is SO against it (says she tried for 15 years while they were married and blah blah blah). I have no one to talk to when I have a problem with one of my parents and it’s gut wrenching.

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Blue Moon 3 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 4 weeks ago (4 minutes after post)

Im sorry to read about your family. Are you in school and if so do you have a counselor there you can speak with?

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Amberlicious595 0 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 4 weeks ago (6 minutes after post)

I will be graduated by the end of the summer. I was hopping there were some articles online somewhere I could read up on?

Blue Moon 3 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 4 weeks ago (11 minutes after post)

Im sure there are articles online, but talking to a person, be it a counselor at school or a psychologist is the best. Feedback is very helpful, and reading is good, but a live person is so much better. You will be able to ask questions and get answers

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 4 weeks ago (15 minutes after post)

I am seeking a new counselor for myself (outside of school) but I wish my mom would do something proactive for herself. She thinks she knows everything and is always right which is why I wish she wasn’t so adverse to outside help.

Blue Moon 3 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 4 weeks ago (21 minutes after post)

It is very difficult to convince someone to do something they dont wish to do,especially if they think they know everything. Life is trial and error; live and learn. Wanting to help your mother is great and you are a wonderful person for thinking about her. Take care of yourself and find a counselor. When your mom sees how much you are being helped, this might just be the eye opener she needs to find help for herself. Im thinking that she and the counselor she had before probably didnt click very well and she has a bad taste for counselors right now. Dont give up hope or faith, just continue to do for yourself, and by helping yourself you will be able to help your mother too

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How could I encourage my mom to seek some kind of professional help?

My parents went through a very ugly divorce and they can’t even speak to each other. This is really hard for me. On top of this, my dad and his mother are bipolar so I am also on medication for depression. :-( I feel like I don’t have a solid support system, especially my mom. She is very irrational and freaks out about every little thing I try to talk to her about! I don’t know what to do. I wish she’d go to therapy but she is SO against it (says she tried for 15 years while they were married and blah blah blah). I have no one to talk to when I have a problem with one of my parents and it’s gut wrenching.

Blue Moon 3 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 4 weeks ago (32 minutes after post)

All you can do is to continue to encourage her, but in the end, she has to make that choice.

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An Undisclosed Location | 4 months, 4 weeks ago (1 hour, 4 minutes after post)

Try to tell her that you are concerned about her and tell her how your counseling is helping you (once you start) and if she still doesn’t want to get help just focus on yourself, she will do it when she wants to

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 4 weeks ago (3 hours, 50 minutes after post)

I’ve actually been in therapy for several years now (so has my dad). So I guess all I can do is maybe “arm” myself with a mental list of benefits in case the topic comes up again. That’s always a big problem of mine - that I often can’t defend my arguments because I can’t remember what I know off the top of my head. That is very frustrating. And therapy for myself of course. I have been dragging my feet to do that, I admit, because it’s such a pain to find a good, new therapist. Well, wish me luck!

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