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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 200673"><p>I don't deal with mania, but have and do (but now, thankfully, to a much lesser extent) with rages.</p><p></p><p>There is no being rational when she is in a rage, so I don't even try. I learned that pretty quick. She needs to get it out and her safe place to get it out has always been her room. Afterward, she is able to talk about whatever it was that set her off. I learned how "not in her right mind" she was when she doesn't remember the rages or doesn't remember the severity, etc. Her therapist explained it that her thinking side and her emotional side of her brain don't work together, so when she's in the emotional side there is no (rational) thinking and when she's in the thinking side she can't connect the emotional. Prior to Wynter, I never would have been able to understand it.</p><p></p><p>I have had some success with making that connection with her, but it has been through sheer trial and error, racking my brain to find ways to get across and with repetition. </p><p></p><p>I've also learned to pick my battles on a much different scale than with easy child. Some things will just have to be dealt with and learned on a different time table than with a easy child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 200673"] I don't deal with mania, but have and do (but now, thankfully, to a much lesser extent) with rages. There is no being rational when she is in a rage, so I don't even try. I learned that pretty quick. She needs to get it out and her safe place to get it out has always been her room. Afterward, she is able to talk about whatever it was that set her off. I learned how "not in her right mind" she was when she doesn't remember the rages or doesn't remember the severity, etc. Her therapist explained it that her thinking side and her emotional side of her brain don't work together, so when she's in the emotional side there is no (rational) thinking and when she's in the thinking side she can't connect the emotional. Prior to Wynter, I never would have been able to understand it. I have had some success with making that connection with her, but it has been through sheer trial and error, racking my brain to find ways to get across and with repetition. I've also learned to pick my battles on a much different scale than with easy child. Some things will just have to be dealt with and learned on a different time table than with a easy child. [/QUOTE]
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