Posted by Shadowplayers721 on August 17, 2004, at 15:52:31
In reply to I seriousley feel i am losing my mind, posted by crazychickuk on August 17, 2004, at 5:58:17
From what I read on kids that act out like this, they do it when parents are seriously depressed. The best intervention is to get the parent help and get the child out of the home for periods of time, so Mom or Dad can recharge. Mom or Dad need therapy, medication, and parental education. Depression totally depletes one of energy and one has no energy to discipline the acting out child. The child needs strict reward type of parenting. They have to earn things with good behavior to get what they want.
Chick, this isn't your fault. It's the depression and anxiety working over time on you. I feel some major outside interventions is needed to help you and your child to have a more peaceful environment for both of you. This child is crying out for help. I feel the depression is sucking all your energy. Do you feel better or worse with no medications now?
I grew up with a mom that with major depression and it greatly affected me. She just couldn't function and protect me from being harmed. It wasn't her fault. But, it seems like the torch has been passed on to me with the depression. I believe if she was helped, my childhood would have radically been different and I wouldn't have suffered the abuses that I did. My mother literally couldn't remember the day before let alone raise a child. I feel depression impaires the parenting process and sets up the child to have the same symptoms later in life with acting out or being majorily depressed all their life.
How can you get some out side help from an agency in your area? Do you quality for any assistance?
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