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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 235356" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>I agree with ML that your difficult child cares more than he's letting on because he wants to protect himself. And I do think this stems more from depression than lack of conscience. </p><p> </p><p>My son lost a close friend last year in school when that friend made new friends and didn't include my son. My son felt very hurt, but really couldn't make much of an effort to either join in or make new friends because he was experiencing severe mood instability and ended up in day treatment for 6 weeks. He's in a new school this year, but still hasn't made new friends, I suspect because he still feels burned from last year and it takes a tremendous amount of effort to be social. People who are depressed can't put forth that much effort and then their bad feelings about themselves are confirmed when they don't make new friends. I'm wondering if a similar scenario is playing out with your difficult child.</p><p> </p><p>Hang in there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 235356, member: 2423"] I agree with ML that your difficult child cares more than he's letting on because he wants to protect himself. And I do think this stems more from depression than lack of conscience. My son lost a close friend last year in school when that friend made new friends and didn't include my son. My son felt very hurt, but really couldn't make much of an effort to either join in or make new friends because he was experiencing severe mood instability and ended up in day treatment for 6 weeks. He's in a new school this year, but still hasn't made new friends, I suspect because he still feels burned from last year and it takes a tremendous amount of effort to be social. People who are depressed can't put forth that much effort and then their bad feelings about themselves are confirmed when they don't make new friends. I'm wondering if a similar scenario is playing out with your difficult child. Hang in there. [/QUOTE]
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