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<blockquote data-quote="Cressida" data-source="post: 512572" data-attributes="member: 14097"><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">Hi Malika, thank you for the reply. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">Yes, the latest problems are definitely emotional/behavioural rather than ADHD-related. Although some of the behaviour is typical in ADHD children, she can usually manage to control herself better than she has this last week. She is so angry, so hurt... she is experiencing very adult feelings, and she's only 7. I can't begin to imagine how I can help her, which is why I ended up begging for her to have some kind of therapy... a lot of her issues, certainly lately, are the reaction of a bright child to an emotionally traumatic situation. I don't know how to help her, or even if I can. It's so frustrating to see her in so much pain and be completely unequipped to help her through it. And on top of that, she seems set on making herself as unlikeable as possible... it's so hard not to get angry when her behaviour is so appalling and so relentless!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">The ADHD is hard enough by itself, the emotional problems are hard enough by themselves... put them together and I just feel completely overwhelmed. Thank you for your words of encouragement and support. I love her so much, she's got SO much potential. She's bright, she's quick, she's determined (which is a good thing, despite how it might feel when that stubbornness is working against me!), and she's delightful. Or she *can* be. She can also be, well, exhausting. Today is a bad day... well, in fact this week has been pretty emotional & traumatic for the both of us. But we'll keep on keeping on, because that's what we do, isn't it? And the good days are all the more magical because they're appreciated. I sometimes wonder if parents of 'normal' children ever feel pride the way that we do over the simplest of things. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">Thanks again, Malika. x</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cressida, post: 512572, member: 14097"] [FONT=palatino linotype]Hi Malika, thank you for the reply. :)[/FONT] [FONT=palatino linotype]Yes, the latest problems are definitely emotional/behavioural rather than ADHD-related. Although some of the behaviour is typical in ADHD children, she can usually manage to control herself better than she has this last week. She is so angry, so hurt... she is experiencing very adult feelings, and she's only 7. I can't begin to imagine how I can help her, which is why I ended up begging for her to have some kind of therapy... a lot of her issues, certainly lately, are the reaction of a bright child to an emotionally traumatic situation. I don't know how to help her, or even if I can. It's so frustrating to see her in so much pain and be completely unequipped to help her through it. And on top of that, she seems set on making herself as unlikeable as possible... it's so hard not to get angry when her behaviour is so appalling and so relentless! The ADHD is hard enough by itself, the emotional problems are hard enough by themselves... put them together and I just feel completely overwhelmed. Thank you for your words of encouragement and support. I love her so much, she's got SO much potential. She's bright, she's quick, she's determined (which is a good thing, despite how it might feel when that stubbornness is working against me!), and she's delightful. Or she *can* be. She can also be, well, exhausting. Today is a bad day... well, in fact this week has been pretty emotional & traumatic for the both of us. But we'll keep on keeping on, because that's what we do, isn't it? And the good days are all the more magical because they're appreciated. I sometimes wonder if parents of 'normal' children ever feel pride the way that we do over the simplest of things. :) Thanks again, Malika. x[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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