Dear Melissa:

You are very welcome. I believe that I understand how difficult it is for you to witness your daughter suffer and function poorly and I hope that her health significantly improves and soon!

“I feel most of what ‘personality’ I have is a reaction to the person I am with in the moment“- this is true to your daughter and to everyone else as well, so at least some of your daughter’s attitudes and behaviors are a reaction to yours.

No matter how scared you are about her mental state, quiet down that “urge to take action, problem solve, come up with alternative ideas“, and come down to her level: be there for her like a quiet, supportive friend who… doesn’t know better than she knows. Without someone who knows the answers and solutions… she might come up with her own.

I hope to read an update from you soon!

anita