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Can you help me understand this thought process?

Asked by jonsblond (43740points) November 26th, 2017

Our family is in the process of making major changes to improve our life, especially for our young teenage child who is dealing with major depression. We are looking to move out of state by next Spring.

We have a specific location in mind. Whenever I bring up the good things about this new location to our son he gets very upset. It reminds him of how much he hates it where we live now. It reminds him that he’s stuck here with nothing to do.

I’m trying to be positive and I thought that sharing the good things about this move would cheer him up, but it’s doing the opposite.

I will discuss this with our therapist at our next appointment, but that’s two weeks away. Should I refrain from being positive about the move until then? Any other suggestions?

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