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HELP ME! I'm just about ready to throw in the towel!
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 277930" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Hello--</p><p> </p><p>I'm not sure that I can fault the school <em>too</em> much....</p><p> </p><p>There is a phenomenon that mental health professionals are cautioned about, and that is "Suicide for Spite".</p><p> </p><p>Sometimes a person will threaten suicide purely because it gets a powerful reaction. They have no intention of actually killing themselves, but they love the drama and attention of making the threat.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, if they do not get the reaction they are looking for--or worse, if the person they are making their suicide comments to acts as if they do not believe them--the attention-seekers will then ATTEMPT suicide in an effort to prove them wrong. "See? I told you I would kill myself." Sometimes, those suicide attempts are successful...</p><p> </p><p>I think you have handle this very carefully so that difficult child 1 does not feel he has to "up the ante" to get attention.</p><p> </p><p>Sending ((((hugs))) and support.</p><p> </p><p>--DaisyF</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 277930, member: 6546"] Hello-- I'm not sure that I can fault the school [I]too[/I] much.... There is a phenomenon that mental health professionals are cautioned about, and that is "Suicide for Spite". Sometimes a person will threaten suicide purely because it gets a powerful reaction. They have no intention of actually killing themselves, but they love the drama and attention of making the threat. Unfortunately, if they do not get the reaction they are looking for--or worse, if the person they are making their suicide comments to acts as if they do not believe them--the attention-seekers will then ATTEMPT suicide in an effort to prove them wrong. "See? I told you I would kill myself." Sometimes, those suicide attempts are successful... I think you have handle this very carefully so that difficult child 1 does not feel he has to "up the ante" to get attention. Sending ((((hugs))) and support. --DaisyF [/QUOTE]
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