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Do any of your difficult children "perform" depression?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lourdes" data-source="post: 503764"><p>That's the way my son acts when I take away the video games.</p><p></p><p> Interesting that in my job, which is a group of us handling an overwhelming amount of work, those most overwhelmed with the situation describe themselves the same way - catatonic - frozen - paralyzed - depressed. Then they start self-medicating to cope. Sometimes I wonder if my son isn't also overwhelmed when the games - his life - is taken away. I can't say he is really and truly depressed because if he gets the games back - no matter how much time has passed - he is all of a sudden a happy camper. So, yeah, it seems manipulative.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lourdes, post: 503764"] That's the way my son acts when I take away the video games. Interesting that in my job, which is a group of us handling an overwhelming amount of work, those most overwhelmed with the situation describe themselves the same way - catatonic - frozen - paralyzed - depressed. Then they start self-medicating to cope. Sometimes I wonder if my son isn't also overwhelmed when the games - his life - is taken away. I can't say he is really and truly depressed because if he gets the games back - no matter how much time has passed - he is all of a sudden a happy camper. So, yeah, it seems manipulative. [/QUOTE]
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