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<blockquote data-quote="EB67" data-source="post: 59217" data-attributes="member: 3750"><p>This is a phrase that surfaces from time to time around here often for what seem like very over the top and absurd reasons. </p><p></p><p>Tonight, for example, I saw that Seb sent an email to his friend that contained foul language. When I explained that he actually sent the email to his friends whole family as parents of 7 year olds typically monitor email, he said "I want to kill myself, I hate myself". Similarly he expressed the sentiment after finding out he had an infected blister on his toe the other day: "Why did I have to grow up to be this way? I want to die". He said that he wanted to "jump off a cliff and die before I'd wear a tie tp the funeral". When speculating about life at 18 Seb said: "I'll probably be dead then". Death comes up a lot here.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes it seems horrific to me (my mother had repeat suicide attempts, my great grandfather was a suicide). Other times it just seems dramatic. I watch it closely. We don't have an Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP) diagnosis but I suspect Seb is cylothymic. I also don't seriously think he wants to die-- I think he tends towards the dramatic and he knows that any reference to suicide pushed my buttons. He once said: "Mom, seriously. Do you really think I'd ever actually try to commit suicide?".</p><p></p><p>One can only hope...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EB67, post: 59217, member: 3750"] This is a phrase that surfaces from time to time around here often for what seem like very over the top and absurd reasons. Tonight, for example, I saw that Seb sent an email to his friend that contained foul language. When I explained that he actually sent the email to his friends whole family as parents of 7 year olds typically monitor email, he said "I want to kill myself, I hate myself". Similarly he expressed the sentiment after finding out he had an infected blister on his toe the other day: "Why did I have to grow up to be this way? I want to die". He said that he wanted to "jump off a cliff and die before I'd wear a tie tp the funeral". When speculating about life at 18 Seb said: "I'll probably be dead then". Death comes up a lot here. Sometimes it seems horrific to me (my mother had repeat suicide attempts, my great grandfather was a suicide). Other times it just seems dramatic. I watch it closely. We don't have an Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP) diagnosis but I suspect Seb is cylothymic. I also don't seriously think he wants to die-- I think he tends towards the dramatic and he knows that any reference to suicide pushed my buttons. He once said: "Mom, seriously. Do you really think I'd ever actually try to commit suicide?". One can only hope... [/QUOTE]
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