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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 451038" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>I'm having the mimicking debate with myself regarding DD2. What I finally have decided was that IF she's mimicking these behaviors, there must be some reason - anxiety, low self esteem, intense sibling rivalry. If not, then she's having similar issues to her sister. She is also coming up with symptoms of her own. Either way I have to get her into therapy. </p><p></p><p>Having said that, DD1 has been making such statements for the past 3 years or so. DD2 has NEVER made such a statement. Son only made such statements when he hit the wall of depression entering middle school.</p><p></p><p>I would take these statements at face value and get him into therapy for starters. If he's copying his brother's negativity, you want him to learn that that is not normal. If these are his own thoughts, well, he needs to learn that's not normal either. </p><p></p><p>If it was a once in a blue moon kind of thing, I wouldn't worry about it, but it sounds like a repeating pattern. The scariest is when they say it matter of factly. Just Monday DD1 did that to me. It was about 10 minutes after we left her new therapist's office. She was asking for candy and I made a comment about money. She said, "If I were dead you'd have more money Mom. I should be dead." And it was all in normal conversational tone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 451038, member: 11965"] I'm having the mimicking debate with myself regarding DD2. What I finally have decided was that IF she's mimicking these behaviors, there must be some reason - anxiety, low self esteem, intense sibling rivalry. If not, then she's having similar issues to her sister. She is also coming up with symptoms of her own. Either way I have to get her into therapy. Having said that, DD1 has been making such statements for the past 3 years or so. DD2 has NEVER made such a statement. Son only made such statements when he hit the wall of depression entering middle school. I would take these statements at face value and get him into therapy for starters. If he's copying his brother's negativity, you want him to learn that that is not normal. If these are his own thoughts, well, he needs to learn that's not normal either. If it was a once in a blue moon kind of thing, I wouldn't worry about it, but it sounds like a repeating pattern. The scariest is when they say it matter of factly. Just Monday DD1 did that to me. It was about 10 minutes after we left her new therapist's office. She was asking for candy and I made a comment about money. She said, "If I were dead you'd have more money Mom. I should be dead." And it was all in normal conversational tone. [/QUOTE]
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