Posted by GenieGenie2 on December 12, 2004, at 2:10:15
My mother is in such denial about her depression and will not get treatment, even though she is extremely supportive concerning my depression. She is on Clexaa prescribed by her family MD, but does not seem to be helping. She refuses to bathe, clean, lives in filth and smells to high heaven. Her friends know this but when I have asked them to help me confront her they refuse because they do not want to upset her. She will be coming for Christmas, which puts a huge strain on my marriage because of her body odor. She is severely obese and refuses to do anything about that either. I have approached her on many occasions with no success, although with kid gloves, she also promises to get better and do some thinking and get help. When I told her that some friends had brought it to my attention that she had an odor problem she was shocked and could not understand how they could feel this way. I am at a total loss, I do not want her to go into a deeper depression or do anything drastic but she needs help. Any advice?
Thanks.
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