15 year old son new doctor today

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In half an hour my son is going to see a new doctor that specializes

in BPD. I am very nervous because we really need him to trust this

doctor. His current Dr. is a disaster. It took one year for his

current Dr. to even believe half the things we told him about our

son's behaviour. We were treated like the enemy and our son will run

and hide behind this Dr. everytime there is trouble. Our son no

longer trusts us at all. The only reason our son agreed to this

appointment was because we talked his current Dr. into convincing our

son to go. I have come to realize that I need to finally start doing

a little manipulating myself for a change.

It amazes me how bad I feel about " tricking " him into going, even

though it is completely done with his best interests in mind. It

scares me how he does not have that same bad feeling when he does

anything that is mean or even harmful to a loved one. Why does he

not make that connection?

This doctor believes in a straight forward approach. Not excusing

his behaviour, making him accountable and making him want to change.

(if possible). I must remain optimistic!

We need to keep our fingers crossed that his meeting will go well.

At the very least that he will agree to go again.

I will let everyone know how it went.