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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 261132" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Welcome from someone else who has been there. My difficult child was hospitalized the Fall of 2007. He has been diagnosed with severe anxiety. Before the hospitalization, he had self harm thoughts that were turning suicidal. He would say, "Mom, my body is telling me to kill myself." His body told him to jump from the 3rd floor balcony at the Mall of America but he fought that one so hard and got me to get him off that floor and to the ground level. He didn't want to come home because he knew where the scissors and hammer were. I think for the most part he was more self harm but the suicidal tendency was growing.</p><p> </p><p>My difficult child in all his 11 years of life had only been away from mom and dad overnight once maybe twice tops. It was extremely hard to accept psychiatric hospital's rules of no contact outside of visitation hours. My difficult child begged for help and agreed to the hospitalization as long as it would help get rid of his self harm thoughts. They were getting too strong for him.</p><p> </p><p>I do know the fears you are going through. One bright spot for me was when my difficult child said to me about one week into the hospitalization, "Mom, do you know what I hate most about being here? That you can not watch me grow up." He was finding so many answers and so much help that he literally felt himself maturing. I assured him that I could still watch him grow.</p><p> </p><p>Oh, and our bichon (pictured in Avatar with $5.00 in her mouth) is named Bella - she just turned one year old on January 31st.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 261132, member: 5096"] Welcome from someone else who has been there. My difficult child was hospitalized the Fall of 2007. He has been diagnosed with severe anxiety. Before the hospitalization, he had self harm thoughts that were turning suicidal. He would say, "Mom, my body is telling me to kill myself." His body told him to jump from the 3rd floor balcony at the Mall of America but he fought that one so hard and got me to get him off that floor and to the ground level. He didn't want to come home because he knew where the scissors and hammer were. I think for the most part he was more self harm but the suicidal tendency was growing. My difficult child in all his 11 years of life had only been away from mom and dad overnight once maybe twice tops. It was extremely hard to accept psychiatric hospital's rules of no contact outside of visitation hours. My difficult child begged for help and agreed to the hospitalization as long as it would help get rid of his self harm thoughts. They were getting too strong for him. I do know the fears you are going through. One bright spot for me was when my difficult child said to me about one week into the hospitalization, "Mom, do you know what I hate most about being here? That you can not watch me grow up." He was finding so many answers and so much help that he literally felt himself maturing. I assured him that I could still watch him grow. Oh, and our bichon (pictured in Avatar with $5.00 in her mouth) is named Bella - she just turned one year old on January 31st. [/QUOTE]
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