Hello,
Was hoping for some guidance. After reading the book, I started Space Treatment exactly one month ago today. I used a good example letter from the book as a guide in the one I wrote for my daughter. One of our main issues was constant texting throughout the day with comments such as: This is not anxiety, I am scared, I can't breathe, I am dying, etc. After sharing the letter and my daughter expressing how upset she was about it she stopped speaking with me. Her therapist suggested not texting and speaking in person but she is not willing to do that. After one month of silence I finally gave in and texted her and she texts the same comments: You hurt me, you ignored me, you don't care, etc. I keep sending messages of support back but I am just hopeless on what to do. Todays comment was "I hate you". I have the opportunity to listen to Dr. Lebowitz at a Lecture at the hospital I work at and it brought me to tears. I feel I should hold on but it is so extremely hard.
Can someone please give feedback on the length of time their child was upset and did not want to accept that you would not accommodate anymore? I am getting messages such as "I hate you, you should never have had kids, etc." I meet with a SPACE trained therapist next week, because I am not sure how much longer I can deal with this.