Wiped Out, Naomi, and Nancy,
I can't tell you what a relief it is to have found this place. I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone most of the time - some sort of alternate reality or something! Are other parents actually going through this?
It's been a tough week, and I'm SO worn out with the defiance. I honestly cry at night and wonder how I'll find the patience to cope with this behavior another day. How do you all do it? I'm stressed out to the max.
What's worse - after enduring the defiance and meltdowns for hours on end, difficult child has the nerve to blame me! He takes zero responsibility and has zero insight into his role in the problem! He thinks he's a victim somehow - because big, bad mom requested that he get started on his homework! Wow! I'm way out of line!
But, on the other hand, maybe I am. Maybe he really isn't capable of doing it, because he's operating without adequate control of his ADHD symptoms. He simply cannot meet the demands placed on him.
My morale is really low right now, and I feel so low - like I'm failing and have the most dysfunctional life in town.
Wiped Out - where are you in Wisconsin? I wish so much I had a friend to talk to. I have no social life due to responsibilities for difficult children.
StressBunny
