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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 65104" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>Heather,</p><p></p><p>You know, the "illnesses", Dylan always had those. Funny, it was always just before bed, at bedtime, or when it was time to go somewhere he didn't want to LOL! How convenient.</p><p></p><p>Ignore her.</p><p></p><p>Seriously. Offer her what you have to offer. If she's gonna keep whining, just walk away. You and I both know she's not hospital bound. Sounds VERY attention seeking to me (having been there done that).</p><p></p><p>She sounds like she's pulling strings. Playing people. I mastered the art of "flat affect". Ever hear of that? People that have seizures, they freeze. Don't move, no eye contact, like a frozen ice sculpture. I do that with my mouth hahahaha!</p><p></p><p>One time, Dylan, knowing he had no TV privelages, wanted to watch TV. He knew he didn't have the privelage. He cried. He walked behind me for almost 3 hours crying "I wanna watch TVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV". I did dishes. Threw some laundry in the wash. Mopped the kitchen floor. Put away dry laundry. Ignored him haha. Not ONE word. Did this consistently. Said what I had to say, once, not again. And ya know what? Over time (YEARS), he's stopped it. Because he knows I'm not gonna listen to it, acknowledge it, or fall for it.</p><p></p><p>If he did that, dissed everything I offered and said "you'll find something if you care", I would walk away from him. Don't take that garbage. You don't deserve it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 65104, member: 2737"] Heather, You know, the "illnesses", Dylan always had those. Funny, it was always just before bed, at bedtime, or when it was time to go somewhere he didn't want to LOL! How convenient. Ignore her. Seriously. Offer her what you have to offer. If she's gonna keep whining, just walk away. You and I both know she's not hospital bound. Sounds VERY attention seeking to me (having been there done that). She sounds like she's pulling strings. Playing people. I mastered the art of "flat affect". Ever hear of that? People that have seizures, they freeze. Don't move, no eye contact, like a frozen ice sculpture. I do that with my mouth hahahaha! One time, Dylan, knowing he had no TV privelages, wanted to watch TV. He knew he didn't have the privelage. He cried. He walked behind me for almost 3 hours crying "I wanna watch TVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV". I did dishes. Threw some laundry in the wash. Mopped the kitchen floor. Put away dry laundry. Ignored him haha. Not ONE word. Did this consistently. Said what I had to say, once, not again. And ya know what? Over time (YEARS), he's stopped it. Because he knows I'm not gonna listen to it, acknowledge it, or fall for it. If he did that, dissed everything I offered and said "you'll find something if you care", I would walk away from him. Don't take that garbage. You don't deserve it. [/QUOTE]
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