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I need some Christian advice on whether or not I should even entertain anything my dad says.
I love my dad, but like everyone, he is flawed. In fact, my dad is very, very flawed. There is something wrong with him in the head, like he has an undiagnosed mental illness.
He does dirty things to my mom and his family. He doesn’t like to be seen with us in public and walks off from us when we go into stores. He refuses to buy himself food and leeches off of me, my mom, and his family. He is content to just get by in life, regardless of who it hurts or how he must do it.
However, he is almost 63 years old. He has seen a lot and has wisdom. He once gave me advice about college a long time ago and now I wish I had listened. He told me there is only a certain amount of federal student aid a person can get and that I should get a degree before transferring to a university. Boy do I wish I had listened!
The problem I am having with my dad is about caffeine and allergies or sinus. He doesn’t drink caffeine and can’t tolerate certain smells and fragrances. He believes since I’m his daughter that I can’t tolerate them either, even though I also inherit things from my mom too.
My mom loves coffee, Dr. Pepper, and caffeine and not only tolerates it, but does well on it. It gives her energy and she’s a whole different person when she has had some caffeine or a Dr. Pepper. I feel the same way on it. When I drink coffee, I feel better and it tastes so good. I love caffeine and I feel like I have energy on it, especially a high amount.
My dad doesn’t want me to drink coffee because he says it makes me shake and it makes me jumpy and agitated. I shake any way because I’m on antidepressants and antipsychotics. He just doesn’t understand that in behavioral or mental health hospitals they serve caffeine, not decaf. He just refuses to believe me when I tell him caffeine is good for me. He can’t tolerate caffeine and refuses to believe that I can tolerate it.
Then there’s smells and sinus or allergies. He can not really tolerate anything that smells good. I was over my parents’ home the other day and he started coughing and couldn’t breathe because of a smell on my clothes. Like with the coffee, he says I inherited his stuff and that I need to find out what’s on my clothes and stop using it. He said avoid using medicine, just stop using it.
The problem with this is his fruits. He smells bad and the smells he can tolerate smell bad too. It is true that I do clear my throat a lot but what if that’s not the fragrances I have on? It’s Spring right now and then my throat appears to be the only thing bothering me. He says my sinus or allergies could be the reason why I feel sleepy all the time because when he gets around something he can’t handle, he feels sleepy.
I like the fragrances I have on and get complimented on how I smell a lot. It doesn’t bother me, but what if it is bothering me and my dad is right? However, how could he be right when he smells bad and everything he likes smells bad? Should I look into sinus or allergies meds or do what he says and avoid medicine and just stop using it? What about the caffeine? Should I listen to my dad even though his fruits tells another story?
Thank you to everyone who reads this! Thank you to everyone who responds to this! God bless you!
I need some Christian advice on whether or not I should even entertain anything my dad says.
I love my dad, but like everyone, he is flawed. In fact, my dad is very, very flawed. There is something wrong with him in the head, like he has an undiagnosed mental illness.
He does dirty things to my mom and his family. He doesn’t like to be seen with us in public and walks off from us when we go into stores. He refuses to buy himself food and leeches off of me, my mom, and his family. He is content to just get by in life, regardless of who it hurts or how he must do it.
However, he is almost 63 years old. He has seen a lot and has wisdom. He once gave me advice about college a long time ago and now I wish I had listened. He told me there is only a certain amount of federal student aid a person can get and that I should get a degree before transferring to a university. Boy do I wish I had listened!
The problem I am having with my dad is about caffeine and allergies or sinus. He doesn’t drink caffeine and can’t tolerate certain smells and fragrances. He believes since I’m his daughter that I can’t tolerate them either, even though I also inherit things from my mom too.
My mom loves coffee, Dr. Pepper, and caffeine and not only tolerates it, but does well on it. It gives her energy and she’s a whole different person when she has had some caffeine or a Dr. Pepper. I feel the same way on it. When I drink coffee, I feel better and it tastes so good. I love caffeine and I feel like I have energy on it, especially a high amount.
My dad doesn’t want me to drink coffee because he says it makes me shake and it makes me jumpy and agitated. I shake any way because I’m on antidepressants and antipsychotics. He just doesn’t understand that in behavioral or mental health hospitals they serve caffeine, not decaf. He just refuses to believe me when I tell him caffeine is good for me. He can’t tolerate caffeine and refuses to believe that I can tolerate it.
Then there’s smells and sinus or allergies. He can not really tolerate anything that smells good. I was over my parents’ home the other day and he started coughing and couldn’t breathe because of a smell on my clothes. Like with the coffee, he says I inherited his stuff and that I need to find out what’s on my clothes and stop using it. He said avoid using medicine, just stop using it.
The problem with this is his fruits. He smells bad and the smells he can tolerate smell bad too. It is true that I do clear my throat a lot but what if that’s not the fragrances I have on? It’s Spring right now and then my throat appears to be the only thing bothering me. He says my sinus or allergies could be the reason why I feel sleepy all the time because when he gets around something he can’t handle, he feels sleepy.
I like the fragrances I have on and get complimented on how I smell a lot. It doesn’t bother me, but what if it is bothering me and my dad is right? However, how could he be right when he smells bad and everything he likes smells bad? Should I look into sinus or allergies meds or do what he says and avoid medicine and just stop using it? What about the caffeine? Should I listen to my dad even though his fruits tells another story?
