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<blockquote data-quote="totoro" data-source="post: 15029" data-attributes="member: 3155"><p>For us it depends on the situation... the last time when difficult child was asking me to light her on fire she was so sad and in distress that I tried to comfort her. I usually hold her and tell her how sad we would be and that she won't always feel this way and that these feelings will go away. I tell her that she is not on earth right now like she is floating and not in control of her body or mind and I am trying to help her back down on the ground. Or some variation like that. I have also started telling her stories of other kids with BiPolar (BP) that have the same feelings and what they do in the same situation, she like that and can relate to the stories, I use a little girl named Katrina... and put her in a similar situation.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand if she is raging and is screaming, "I want to die, kill me" and I know I can't get through to her... I will usually get her in a safe spot and restrain her if we have to and we try not to even bring it up after the fact because when she is raging that intensely she really doesn't remember much after the fact. </p><p></p><p>She gets used to get violent with easy child/difficult child 2 as well, not as bad with the medications now...</p><p></p><p>Good luck sorry you have to deal with this... our difficult child used to do this on a daily basis before starting medications and it was horrible. She would sob for over an hour to let her die and it ripped our hearts out... it is so hard especially at these young ages... this has decreased thankfully...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="totoro, post: 15029, member: 3155"] For us it depends on the situation... the last time when difficult child was asking me to light her on fire she was so sad and in distress that I tried to comfort her. I usually hold her and tell her how sad we would be and that she won't always feel this way and that these feelings will go away. I tell her that she is not on earth right now like she is floating and not in control of her body or mind and I am trying to help her back down on the ground. Or some variation like that. I have also started telling her stories of other kids with BiPolar (BP) that have the same feelings and what they do in the same situation, she like that and can relate to the stories, I use a little girl named Katrina... and put her in a similar situation. On the other hand if she is raging and is screaming, "I want to die, kill me" and I know I can't get through to her... I will usually get her in a safe spot and restrain her if we have to and we try not to even bring it up after the fact because when she is raging that intensely she really doesn't remember much after the fact. She gets used to get violent with easy child/difficult child 2 as well, not as bad with the medications now... Good luck sorry you have to deal with this... our difficult child used to do this on a daily basis before starting medications and it was horrible. She would sob for over an hour to let her die and it ripped our hearts out... it is so hard especially at these young ages... this has decreased thankfully... [/QUOTE]
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