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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP what does your daughter say about why she stopped doing activities that she was previously involved with? Does she agree with you that this illness caused some kind of change in her? You have not mentioned her point of view in your previous posts and given that she is nearly an adult, it seems very relevant whether she perceives herself as ill, or just growing up and changing. [/quote]

Excellent question.

DD knows she's fallen apart academically, and she's accepted that something has happened to her physically. At first she was in deep denial, but when she started getting F's, she realized that something was wrong and started accepting help.

As far as dropping her activities, I think she's in denial that her brain illness has caused her to quit everything. She says she's not interested in the things that used to interest her. She still has a lot of friends and likes to socialize with them. And she's cheerful and funny. She used to care intensely about her grades, but now she's OK with Bs because that's the best she can do.

I think her brain can't handle more than school and socializing. She takes fitness classes occasionally when a friend suggests it, but she has no initiative. I'm torn between wondering if she's still in denial or if part of what's wrong with her brain is that she can't see herself very clearly. [/quote]

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