I finally received two books on MLC, and I'm hoping they help me to increase my sense of compassion for W.
Quote: It is indeed futile to try to figure out their thought processes. However, if we do not monitor their behavior..., how are we to detect any baby steps or even trends in their behavior...The key is to observe, record and discuss sustained trends in the WAW's behavior over extended periods of time without reacting to the daily insanity or the two-steps-forward-one-step-back vicissitudes.
Any sense of predictability provided by knowing a general pattern would be helpful.
As always, that 3-4 yr timeline is very sobering. Wow...makes GAL work all the more necessary.