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It's not just me.

  Son has been in counseling since October when The Ex told him/he told his doctor he was "depressed."  He's since been taken off his medication ( He wasn't taking it every day and told multiple people that Girlfriend "makes him feel like he doesn't need it," which isn't how real depression works, but whatever. ) but everyone agreed the counseling would be good, including The Ex.   His counselor talked to me for a bit yesterday and said it's been kind of a slow battle to get Son to accept responsibility for himself.  She said that he has a lot of pent-up anger toward Husband, which I agreed with.  The counselor said that Son was of the impression that he was "taken away from The Ex."  I said yes, because that's what The Ex has been beating into the kids' heads for the last nine years.  The Ex doesn't say that she lost custody, The Ex doesn't say that the kids went to live with Husband; The Ex says that Husband "to...