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<blockquote data-quote="WNC Gal" data-source="post: 56579" data-attributes="member: 3783"><p>Hello - we live in a pretty small town and my husband is well-known for his work in town - so we have kept our daughter's condition "hush hush". I understand the importance of reducing the stigma of mental health-related issues, but in a small town where people view "transplants" from other areas with suspicion, I think they would be VERY leary of contact with our family and probably blame it on parenting skills, or religion (or lack thereof). I guess I just feel that I want our other kids to be seen as perfectly normal and not have others watching them intently to see if they show any signs of their older sibling's issues. </p><p></p><p>But, when my daughter returns home from her residential program, we'll need to be more honest with at least the families of the kids she hangs out with. Since she became so severely ill, she has not spent time at other friend's homes - primarily because we KNEW that she would potentially be in danger of having access to things like medications, blades, and heaven forbid, guns. At our home, everything is as secure as can be. But how in the world would another family even take on the risk of having our (formerly suicidal) daughter spend the night???</p><p></p><p>And, I recall in the years prior to this nightmarish year of my child's descent into psychiatric oblivion, that I was always worried about other kids being a "bad influence" on my daughter and even being alarmed that one of her friends was taking not only ADHD medications, but an anti-depressant too. "Oh the horror!". Now my little girl has been on at least 10 different medications in the past year and had all sorts of encounters with the ER, police and ambulances while suicidal. I certainly have changed my views on kids with medications ! </p><p></p><p>I have heard various ideas of how to explain it to others: </p><p>She suffers from a metabolic disorder</p><p>She has a brain disorder</p><p>She has a mood disorder (sounds like she could be angry and dangerous - not true!).</p><p>She is away at a private school which can meet her medical needs.</p><p>(Hmm...quite a different impression than she is locked in a Level 5 psychiatric hospital!). </p><p></p><p>Any guidance you can offer would be great! Especially on how to cope with people who ask questions that you think will not be so kind once they know the truth......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WNC Gal, post: 56579, member: 3783"] Hello - we live in a pretty small town and my husband is well-known for his work in town - so we have kept our daughter's condition "hush hush". I understand the importance of reducing the stigma of mental health-related issues, but in a small town where people view "transplants" from other areas with suspicion, I think they would be VERY leary of contact with our family and probably blame it on parenting skills, or religion (or lack thereof). I guess I just feel that I want our other kids to be seen as perfectly normal and not have others watching them intently to see if they show any signs of their older sibling's issues. But, when my daughter returns home from her residential program, we'll need to be more honest with at least the families of the kids she hangs out with. Since she became so severely ill, she has not spent time at other friend's homes - primarily because we KNEW that she would potentially be in danger of having access to things like medications, blades, and heaven forbid, guns. At our home, everything is as secure as can be. But how in the world would another family even take on the risk of having our (formerly suicidal) daughter spend the night??? And, I recall in the years prior to this nightmarish year of my child's descent into psychiatric oblivion, that I was always worried about other kids being a "bad influence" on my daughter and even being alarmed that one of her friends was taking not only ADHD medications, but an anti-depressant too. "Oh the horror!". Now my little girl has been on at least 10 different medications in the past year and had all sorts of encounters with the ER, police and ambulances while suicidal. I certainly have changed my views on kids with medications ! I have heard various ideas of how to explain it to others: She suffers from a metabolic disorder She has a brain disorder She has a mood disorder (sounds like she could be angry and dangerous - not true!). She is away at a private school which can meet her medical needs. (Hmm...quite a different impression than she is locked in a Level 5 psychiatric hospital!). Any guidance you can offer would be great! Especially on how to cope with people who ask questions that you think will not be so kind once they know the truth...... [/QUOTE]
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