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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think maybe if I know what’s going on in her head, I’ll better understand how to respond to her.

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A couple years ago my mom fell and broke her wrist. She had to have surgery including screws. She HATES physical therapy and thinks it’s a useless waste of money. She will go one time (which she did with her wrist) and then reject going again, and will then try to duplicate the exercises herself until she gives up. With her wrist, she quite obviously never regained complete mobility again, and even has pain because a screw has shifted. She also refuses to have surgery to remedy that, and so she just complains about pain and limited of range of motion.

An acquaintance of hers similarly broke her own wrist and stayed the course, and it’s like nothing ever happened. It drives my mother insane that this women is almost 10 years older than her and had such vastly different results. When pointed out that she refused physical therapy and surgery to correct the screw, she balks and complains about how life treats her.

What is this? Is it anxiety? Is it something else? Any references to videos online on how to deal with a parent like this?[/quote]
Don’t respond. Let it go.[/quote]

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