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<blockquote data-quote="Hannahls73" data-source="post: 377401"><p>Hi all! </p><p> </p><p>My gcg is 9 and strong-willed, energetic, a leader, intelligent, and inventive. I'm pretty sure he is ODD. I never wanted to label him with anything - and sought other diagnosis first - ADHD, Anxiety not otherwise specified, Depression. I never wanted ODD to be the diagnosis. After studying, talking to other professionals, and really soul searching I'm thinking it's ODD.</p><p> </p><p>I'm tired of punishing him when it does no good. I'm tired of him feeling terrible about himself because he can't yet control his emotions when he's angry or challenged or frustrated. I'm tired of little brother seeing big brother acting like this and trying to help him feel better only to be caught up in the struggle. I'm tired of feeling like this is all my fault, that I parented him wrong as a little child when in my heart I know that I didn't. I'm tired of others (only a few) seeing him acting like this and saying that he needs spankings, groundings, to be yelled at, etc. when I know it doesn't work. I'm tired of my difficult child not being able to see himself as the fantastic child that he is because these problems take charge of him sometimes. </p><p> </p><p>So I'm here to seek new ideas, offer help where I can (drawing from own experience as a parent, and as a school counselor), and hopefully get my child on a path where he feels like a true difficult child. </p><p> </p><p>Thanks everyone! </p><p>Hannah</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hannahls73, post: 377401"] Hi all! My gcg is 9 and strong-willed, energetic, a leader, intelligent, and inventive. I'm pretty sure he is ODD. I never wanted to label him with anything - and sought other diagnosis first - ADHD, Anxiety not otherwise specified, Depression. I never wanted ODD to be the diagnosis. After studying, talking to other professionals, and really soul searching I'm thinking it's ODD. I'm tired of punishing him when it does no good. I'm tired of him feeling terrible about himself because he can't yet control his emotions when he's angry or challenged or frustrated. I'm tired of little brother seeing big brother acting like this and trying to help him feel better only to be caught up in the struggle. I'm tired of feeling like this is all my fault, that I parented him wrong as a little child when in my heart I know that I didn't. I'm tired of others (only a few) seeing him acting like this and saying that he needs spankings, groundings, to be yelled at, etc. when I know it doesn't work. I'm tired of my difficult child not being able to see himself as the fantastic child that he is because these problems take charge of him sometimes. So I'm here to seek new ideas, offer help where I can (drawing from own experience as a parent, and as a school counselor), and hopefully get my child on a path where he feels like a true difficult child. Thanks everyone! Hannah [/QUOTE]
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