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<blockquote data-quote="PiscesMom" data-source="post: 709165" data-attributes="member: 19889"><p>Copa - I really am grateful for all the responses, and then sometimes I get very shy or anxious when people respond. My older daughter wants me on medications, like prozac. And I have a child with extreme social anxiety. Wonder where she gets it? I took the Big Five test during psychiatric 1001 and scored very high for neuroticism. </p><p>I blame myself for my kids' problems. Yesterday I cried, and texted my sister and said "I am the kind of mom who gets her kids taken away." That isn't really how it is. You can turn down the school's offer. My other sister texted, she has autism and was in a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) as a teen, and she said it was helpful, and took her out of herself. </p><p></p><p>And my daughter, a few years ago, was hospitalized for two days and she loved it. </p><p></p><p>I am sorry - you sound terribly depressed. Generativity vs despair. But feelings do come and go, right? That is what I remind myself. Do you go to NAMI? They started a class here, there were two of us, so they cancelled. But it was comforting, and I learned a lot that one night. I felt less alone. The one constant I have felt since this all began was alone, confused, ashamed. Oh, and fear, especially for my son. </p><p></p><p>When I was in my early twenties, I went to Spain, did a semester, and then was an au pair. Then my controlling ex got me to go back home and marry him. I do always feel the road calling me, but then with kids, I feel more weighted down, responsible. And I am tired. It is good to think about possibilities, because maybe down the road I will feel differently. I want to be excited and hopeful. </p><p></p><p>Maybe what it is here is that our children won't really ever grow up. So we are stuck in a role as an active, but mostly ineffectual, parent after they turn 18.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiscesMom, post: 709165, member: 19889"] Copa - I really am grateful for all the responses, and then sometimes I get very shy or anxious when people respond. My older daughter wants me on medications, like prozac. And I have a child with extreme social anxiety. Wonder where she gets it? I took the Big Five test during psychiatric 1001 and scored very high for neuroticism. I blame myself for my kids' problems. Yesterday I cried, and texted my sister and said "I am the kind of mom who gets her kids taken away." That isn't really how it is. You can turn down the school's offer. My other sister texted, she has autism and was in a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) as a teen, and she said it was helpful, and took her out of herself. And my daughter, a few years ago, was hospitalized for two days and she loved it. I am sorry - you sound terribly depressed. Generativity vs despair. But feelings do come and go, right? That is what I remind myself. Do you go to NAMI? They started a class here, there were two of us, so they cancelled. But it was comforting, and I learned a lot that one night. I felt less alone. The one constant I have felt since this all began was alone, confused, ashamed. Oh, and fear, especially for my son. When I was in my early twenties, I went to Spain, did a semester, and then was an au pair. Then my controlling ex got me to go back home and marry him. I do always feel the road calling me, but then with kids, I feel more weighted down, responsible. And I am tired. It is good to think about possibilities, because maybe down the road I will feel differently. I want to be excited and hopeful. Maybe what it is here is that our children won't really ever grow up. So we are stuck in a role as an active, but mostly ineffectual, parent after they turn 18. [/QUOTE]
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