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[quote=Anonymous]Twenty-five years ago, this was me. Smoking, drinking, drugs, skipping school. Grades all over the place. High school advisors wrote me off. Luckily, a mentor pursuaded me to apply to colleges and I got into a decent one (provably due to my very high test scores). I saw this as an opportunity to start fresh. Did great in some classes and failed others. Continued recreational drug use. Graduated and after a few years, got into a middling MBA program (again, test scores). Something clicked in business school and I became a motivated go-getter. Did very well in competitive internships, landed a great post-grad position, and have been working my way up ever since. I have achieved what many people would describe as a very successful career and home life. Looking back, the only thing my parents could have done to help me would have been to let me know how much they loved and cared about and worried about me and reinforced to me how special and important I was, even if they didn't approve of my actions. Even better, I think if they had had gotten me treatment from an early age, I would not have had the self-loathing that can stem from undiagnosed mental illness. Eventually, I found ways to capitalize on my weaknesses, like directing my obsessive tunnel vision from ADHD to work projects and managing my anxiety by allowing my perfectionist tendencies and adrenaline rushes to manifest as extreme dedication to work. Eventually I sought out therapy and began using medication to manage my mental health and I am still a work in progress. My experiences may not mirror your son's but I wanted to let you know that there is hope for him. [/quote]

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