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What to say to "I want to kill myself"
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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 15037" data-attributes="member: 393"><p>We have always taken thoughts, talk & self harming behaviors very seriously around here. </p><p></p><p>When the tweedles were young & would express this level of distress, I had to search what was behind this. A child can be so very overwhelmed by feelings that the only answer is to die.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I would spend time with kt or wm & tell them what I thought they were telling me. "kt, it seems that you are feeling really sad - what's making you so sad? wm, you appear angry - has something happened at school today?"</p><p></p><p>It wasn't always successful, however it is a place to start. I called for help when I actually witnessed escalating/out of control self harming behaviors that continued for any length of time. </p><p></p><p>I think our difficult children, as a whole, struggle to sort out the many little emotions that feed into that "wanting to die" feeling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 15037, member: 393"] We have always taken thoughts, talk & self harming behaviors very seriously around here. When the tweedles were young & would express this level of distress, I had to search what was behind this. A child can be so very overwhelmed by feelings that the only answer is to die. Having said that, I would spend time with kt or wm & tell them what I thought they were telling me. "kt, it seems that you are feeling really sad - what's making you so sad? wm, you appear angry - has something happened at school today?" It wasn't always successful, however it is a place to start. I called for help when I actually witnessed escalating/out of control self harming behaviors that continued for any length of time. I think our difficult children, as a whole, struggle to sort out the many little emotions that feed into that "wanting to die" feeling. [/QUOTE]
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