Acceptance

When you have a teen or adult child with mental illness or addiction, acceptance can help bring more peace.

Acceptance doesn’t mean you need to agree with all of your child’s decisions or like what is happening. 

Acceptance involves acknowledging the facts of the situation and not focusing your energy on why it shouldn’t be that way.

This may include accepting – 

💫Your lives are completely different than before mental illness/addiction

💫The difficulties happening

💫 What your child is feeling

💫What your child is dealing with

💫Your child may not want the same things as you do

💫Your child may make different decisions than you would make

💫Your own limitations of not being able to fix their illness

What feels most difficult for you? 

Acceptance allows you to focus on loving your child as they are.

Acceptance stops the war within you, the struggle to fight against reality which uses up a tremendous amount of energy.

Acceptance allows you to use your energy on positive things such as becoming more resourceful with helping your child and enjoying your time with your child, other children, family, and friends.

Sending love and light, 

Debbie