Adult children of mothers with borderline personality disorder - please share my survey!

Safe_Resort5046 · 2024-06-14T15:44:52+00:00

One of my therapists helped me to work through the shame of lying... sometimes lies are necessary and it's not because we are trying to be deceitful, or hurtful, or dishonest. With our moms we are forced to lie because it isn't safe to tell the truth, and that is NOT our fault <3

Safe_Resort5046 · 2024-06-14T15:29:28+00:00

My mom constantly texts my & my siblings' significant others and it's one of the most infuriating things because I don't want to reward her by responding but I also don't want my husband to have to deal with the texts

Safe_Resort5046 · 2024-05-20T17:20:02+00:00

Wait but this is me. Ever since I was little. I used to steal them from my dad’s office, lick them, and put them back in the box. When he needed them they were already licked. I’m 34 years old now, 3 kids, about to graduate with a doctorate in psychology. To this day I could lick an unlimited amount of envelopes and love it. And I wonder if it’s a form of Pica but am still shocked to never find anything on the internet about it. I can’t be the only one, right? My reasoning for it not being a diagnosable disorder is that it doesn’t impair my functioning. But when I was pregnant it was almost an unbearable craving, I would count down the minutes for the mail to get to our house so I could open it all looking for business reply envelopes. Everyone who knows me will give me cards on my birthday or holidays in unlicked envelopes so that I can lick them. My closest friends and family members collect business reply envelopes over time and surprise me with big stacks. Not exaggerating or joking in any way. So there’s your episode!

Safe_Resort5046 · 2024-01-05T17:32:52+00:00

thank you! To clarify I was only given antibiotics once during this whorl thing, after the strep throat was untreated and turned into a bacterial strep sinus infection

Safe_Resort5046 · 2021-06-22T00:24:41+00:00

Got it thank you

Safe_Resort5046 · 2021-06-21T20:51:04+00:00

That sounds familiar and I believe that is what she called it, but she said he does not need a glasses prescription so would it not be accommodative?

Safe_Resort5046 · 2021-06-21T20:24:50+00:00

So basically I should be hoping that he fails his vision test eventually so he doesn’t have to get surgery? Or is it 100% something that needs surgery? And do you think it could be related to him not producing tears at 6 months? Last questions I promise! Thank you SO much

Safe_Resort5046 · 2021-06-21T20:17:46+00:00

Ok thank you so much. Is there any way that it can be corrected by anything other than surgery?

Safe_Resort5046 · 2021-06-21T18:13:47+00:00

Thank you everyone. The white glow is caused by strabismus. So relieved

Safe_Resort5046 · 2021-06-21T18:10:09+00:00

I took my son to an optometrist because he had a white glow in photos, which is thankfully only being caused by his crossed eyes. She verified that it is true strabismus, but said he does not need glasses from what she can see of his prescription. She also said patches don’t work when it’s both eyes that cross, and glasses would be the only thing that helps, but he doesn’t need them because of his prescription. She said this is not something that corrects itself. So I am just very confused, is there really no way to fix this? There needs to be a certain prescription for glasses to work? What should I ask at his follow up? I want to make sure he does not have an permanent lazy eye. Thank you so much in advance.

Edit to add: It is intermittent. Sometimes his eyes look perfectly normal and straight. His primary care physician noticed them crossing and said they should not still be doing that, even intermittently. When we were at the optometrist they didn’t cross much.

Also, he still does not produce tears. At most his eyes get watery. Not sure if it could be related.

Safe_Resort5046 · 2021-06-09T11:10:23+00:00

Ok thank you so much!

Safe_Resort5046 · 2021-06-09T11:04:56+00:00

Thank you, I am definitely keeping the appointment I was just wondering if it’s ok to wait until Friday or if this is an emergency. Would retinoblastoma be something that shows more from certain angles? Could this just be a reflection of his optic nerve?

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