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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If her mind is fine, I'm not sure why you don't just leave her alone for a few hours, if that's what she wants. The risk is hers to take. If she falls, she falls. She may have to wait until you get home, or she may even really hurt herself. But it's not okay for you to make her live a life in a way she doesn't want to just because you have so much anxiety. Did you force her to move in with you, too? Convince her it wasn't safe to live on her own?[/quote]

You’re just mean. Do you know how hard it is to deal with a parent who is used to being independent but then can no longer fully take care of themselves, taking the meds wrong or not at all, not eating well, not able to get themselves to appointments,  and messing up their finances? All while not fully understanding that they aren’t really capable anymore, seeing their issues as minor when they are not because they are clinging to the idea that they are still independent and fine on their own?

It terrible all the way around to deal with it and soul-sucking. You have to become the parent essentially because they do not make smart decisions for themselves.

I suppose they should be allowed to just stay on their own, let them fall, take their meds wrong, kill themselves or others while driving a car, etc.

You’ve got a chip missing [/quote]

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