20 yr old life struggles, mom needs advice
Q: My almost 20 year daughter was diagnosed with depression/anxiety/ OCD/ADHD at a young age. We had her medicated until she was 10 and finally took her off meds because she wasn't doing well. She has been med-free for almost ten years. During those ten years, she has struggled. We have tried therapy and all sorts of other avenues. She lives at home, has a job, owns her car, and pays all of her own bills. Yet she is in danger of losing her job at at daycare because of her 'attitude' and not appearing 'happy' enough around the kids. She is really good at what she does, but the daycare owner said if she has to talk to her one more time, then she is in danger of losing her job. They want her to smile all of the time. My daughter is really struggling right now with two things: she does not feel like her life is where it should be (she wants to be married and is not even dating anybody) and her depression. Her whole life she has wanted to be a wife and mother. Her ...