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How do YOU stay calm in a difficult child meltdown
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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 100555" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Yes, I agree, flat affect is what I <em>need.</em>....but it is what I don't seem to be able to muster lately. I agree with Terry that depression has some to do with my anger, and I am looking into resolving that. However, it also seems like my difficult child and I are engrossed in this viscous pattern, where he pushes, pushes, pushes, and finally I pop. </p><p></p><p>Meow I like your idea of counting, and imagining him in goofy poses. That is good. And I do walk away, or leave if everything is really bad.</p><p></p><p>He just seems like he wants to engage in this dance to no end. Finally after 20-30 minutes, he says something that he knows cuts me to the core, and I just snap - get angry, and then the true saga begins.</p><p></p><p>difficult child just came home from his dad's after giving me a 2 day respite, (well sorta, his dad is a major difficult child in and of himself - but I needed some time before I had a stroke) and the minute I saw difficult child, I said something edgy. His very presence is just causing me major unrest - and I don't know how to alleviate that.</p><p>And, I don't know how to breathe threw his tantrums, manipulations, and general difficult child-ness.........it is like I cannot detach enough or something. Somehow, someway, he gets to me.</p><p></p><p>Wow......funny, as I was typing this a commercial for Cymbalta came on:</p><p>"Do you feel unlike yourself? Do you feel angry and emotional? Do you have aches and pains?"</p><p>"Why yes!" I say</p><p>"Cymbalta can help!"</p><p> Oh sighhhhhhhhhhhh :wink:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 100555, member: 3301"] Yes, I agree, flat affect is what I [i]need.[/i]....but it is what I don't seem to be able to muster lately. I agree with Terry that depression has some to do with my anger, and I am looking into resolving that. However, it also seems like my difficult child and I are engrossed in this viscous pattern, where he pushes, pushes, pushes, and finally I pop. Meow I like your idea of counting, and imagining him in goofy poses. That is good. And I do walk away, or leave if everything is really bad. He just seems like he wants to engage in this dance to no end. Finally after 20-30 minutes, he says something that he knows cuts me to the core, and I just snap - get angry, and then the true saga begins. difficult child just came home from his dad's after giving me a 2 day respite, (well sorta, his dad is a major difficult child in and of himself - but I needed some time before I had a stroke) and the minute I saw difficult child, I said something edgy. His very presence is just causing me major unrest - and I don't know how to alleviate that. And, I don't know how to breathe threw his tantrums, manipulations, and general difficult child-ness.........it is like I cannot detach enough or something. Somehow, someway, he gets to me. Wow......funny, as I was typing this a commercial for Cymbalta came on: "Do you feel unlike yourself? Do you feel angry and emotional? Do you have aches and pains?" "Why yes!" I say "Cymbalta can help!" Oh sighhhhhhhhhhhh [img]:wink:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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