These mothers keep their phones on silent because their nerves are fried. Every time they hear a ring, they know it could be awful news, and their minds and bodies tense up over and over again for years.
An adult child had severe mental illness but wasn't medication compliant because he or she hated the side effects or suffered from anosognosia, an inability to recognize one's own illness.
The problems experienced by families of difficult adult children really haven't improved. While there was variation in these families' histories, the women I heard from hit similar bleak notes.
The groups I visited are for mothers, but many fathers manage the care of their mentally ill adult children as well.
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