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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 48452"><p>My interpretation is that he's beating himself up about his schoolwork and grades. Couple that with puberty, the stress of trying to bring his grades up and if he was the least bit tired then you get what you see. </p><p></p><p>In other recent posts you mentioned that he hadn't asked all of his teachers for extra work - I think it was only Science. There could be different reasons for that, but with this post I'm wondering if he became overwhelmed by it. If it just seemed daunting. Then crunch time hits and he has to do something. And now maybe he feels like it's too late. And he's panicking and beating himself up.</p><p></p><p>Some people are much harder on themselves than anyone else ever could be. It's a combination of things: low self-esteem, anxiety, perfectionism caused by those two things (even though perfectionism doesn't always look like what we expect it to). </p><p></p><p>I think re-visiting the therapist and uncovering the real reason behind this incident is a good idea. He's at that age where it's easy for depression to hit (because of puberty) - especially with his hx and diagnosis. I mentioned this in another post, but when my son was that age the Health Dept surveyed the students at the junior high and found that at any given time 20% of the student body had symptoms of depression. </p><p></p><p>I think you had said that you were going to wait until the report cards came to let him know that he wasn't going to repeat the grade. in my opinion, it would be a good idea to go ahead and let him know that you have talked to the school and he will be moving onto the next grade. I worry that otherwise he's going to make himself sick over this.</p><p></p><p>by the way, my son doesn't and never has talked about things. I never knew he was worrying about something until we had an episode similar to what you experienced with your son. It had to get to be more than he could handle before he let it out. I guess it's a guy thing.</p><p></p><p>I don't have any book suggestions. However, I like Barnes and Noble search engine better than Amazon. I'd search there and then go to Amazon - or the bookstore or library - to buy it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 48452"] My interpretation is that he's beating himself up about his schoolwork and grades. Couple that with puberty, the stress of trying to bring his grades up and if he was the least bit tired then you get what you see. In other recent posts you mentioned that he hadn't asked all of his teachers for extra work - I think it was only Science. There could be different reasons for that, but with this post I'm wondering if he became overwhelmed by it. If it just seemed daunting. Then crunch time hits and he has to do something. And now maybe he feels like it's too late. And he's panicking and beating himself up. Some people are much harder on themselves than anyone else ever could be. It's a combination of things: low self-esteem, anxiety, perfectionism caused by those two things (even though perfectionism doesn't always look like what we expect it to). I think re-visiting the therapist and uncovering the real reason behind this incident is a good idea. He's at that age where it's easy for depression to hit (because of puberty) - especially with his hx and diagnosis. I mentioned this in another post, but when my son was that age the Health Dept surveyed the students at the junior high and found that at any given time 20% of the student body had symptoms of depression. I think you had said that you were going to wait until the report cards came to let him know that he wasn't going to repeat the grade. in my opinion, it would be a good idea to go ahead and let him know that you have talked to the school and he will be moving onto the next grade. I worry that otherwise he's going to make himself sick over this. by the way, my son doesn't and never has talked about things. I never knew he was worrying about something until we had an episode similar to what you experienced with your son. It had to get to be more than he could handle before he let it out. I guess it's a guy thing. I don't have any book suggestions. However, I like Barnes and Noble search engine better than Amazon. I'd search there and then go to Amazon - or the bookstore or library - to buy it. [/QUOTE]
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