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<blockquote data-quote="kat913" data-source="post: 731528" data-attributes="member: 22998"><p>I just read "Detachment"...how beautifully understood and written...thank you. I also read "about us" and I know i have found the most perfect site for me. My parenting a difficult child began in 1984 and I really threw myself in learning all i could and how to be "an Exceptional Parent" is what they called it then. She is now 33 and lives in Independent living in her own apartment because she has trouble getting along with any roommates. She has been the sweetest young woman and yet the most disturbing at times (probably schizo-affective disorder). Anyway I have her visit 1x a month for a weekend and all is well but exhausting. She does not create any problems other than the other two disordered ones get disturbed.</p><p></p><p>When i was 17 i desperately wanted to work with the emotionally disturbed child/adolescent. God gave me my own group home!!</p><p></p><p>My 2nd child was diagnosed at 4 years old with ODD and the psychiatrist told me I would have to change if i wanted a better household and I learned to pick which battles mattered. he is 22 and thankfully has made some very good decisions in his life since teen years.</p><p></p><p>My 3rd boy was a delight....yet very active (not hard to handle...i had experience from other two doing crazy things) but this one was much more spiteful and delighted in creating havoc and then very seriously could never see his part...always the victim...so ludicrous!! He also hears things which made doctor believe not ADHD but Bipolar at 6.</p><p></p><p>It's been a long road and i so look forward to healing with NAMI and this wonderful forum. When i look backwards....I have always been a caretaker of other's emotions. I grew up a sad child myself and it pained me to see anyone hurt....which is why I have shielded my children obviously.</p><p></p><p>Well....enough about me but thank you for listening....the first place I can finally unload that very lonely heaviness. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/group-hug.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":group-hug:" title="group hug :group-hug:" data-shortname=":group-hug:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kat913, post: 731528, member: 22998"] I just read "Detachment"...how beautifully understood and written...thank you. I also read "about us" and I know i have found the most perfect site for me. My parenting a difficult child began in 1984 and I really threw myself in learning all i could and how to be "an Exceptional Parent" is what they called it then. She is now 33 and lives in Independent living in her own apartment because she has trouble getting along with any roommates. She has been the sweetest young woman and yet the most disturbing at times (probably schizo-affective disorder). Anyway I have her visit 1x a month for a weekend and all is well but exhausting. She does not create any problems other than the other two disordered ones get disturbed. When i was 17 i desperately wanted to work with the emotionally disturbed child/adolescent. God gave me my own group home!! My 2nd child was diagnosed at 4 years old with ODD and the psychiatrist told me I would have to change if i wanted a better household and I learned to pick which battles mattered. he is 22 and thankfully has made some very good decisions in his life since teen years. My 3rd boy was a delight....yet very active (not hard to handle...i had experience from other two doing crazy things) but this one was much more spiteful and delighted in creating havoc and then very seriously could never see his part...always the victim...so ludicrous!! He also hears things which made doctor believe not ADHD but Bipolar at 6. It's been a long road and i so look forward to healing with NAMI and this wonderful forum. When i look backwards....I have always been a caretaker of other's emotions. I grew up a sad child myself and it pained me to see anyone hurt....which is why I have shielded my children obviously. Well....enough about me but thank you for listening....the first place I can finally unload that very lonely heaviness. :group-hug: [/QUOTE]
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