Nothing made Andrew
angrier that when I would say something like, “Well the voices seem real but
they are actually part of your disease”. He would look at me with such
frustration and say, “Mom, you just don’t get it.”
Always looking for answers, I asked Andrew if
he could voluntarily limit his television viewing. My thinking was that this
would help him manage his delusions. John and I were unable to monitor him
during the day when we were not home.
He said, “Mom, I don’t think I can” I
asked him if he thought we should get rid of the TV and he said it “might be
better, at least for the time being” In the end, we got rid of our TV, until
Andrew moved in with Melissa in 2008.
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