I was trying to explain to W's parents what she is going through. It is hard for people to grasp. And especially the counter-intuitive nature of letting them go/have space. I found 3 short articles that are kind of the Cliff's notes of the whole thing.
When you first tell people about this stuff and the 180s, detaching, etc, they think you are listening to some quack on the Internet. The MLC is so foreign but so many people are going through it. I think no one really knows about the MLC until it strikes your family then it's like being in quick sand. The less you do the better off you are but it still feels like we are sinking. But the more you pursue or try to fix it and thrash about the faster the quicksand engulfs us.
