Friday, 1 December 2017

Parents how would you have responded to this (bizarre reaction)


Hi again parents,I have a 12 year old. She has a crush on a celebrity. She found out the celebrity got a haircut and balled her eyes out for almost 2 hours!!! She got really worked up, turning red, losing her voice. She was so loud. She didn’t even eat dinner because she was so upset. She woke up with very puffy eyes.I thought this was very abnormal but then again she is a bit abnormal. She currently has an IEP for emotional reasons, she has done a stint in a therapeutic program, she has been diagnosed with some conditions like depression, social anxiety, ocd…She denies all of this and says that it is not true and that she is not depressed and not afraid to talk to people and doesn’t do rituals etc.I was very annoyed. I got home from work, things were good and normal. I made dinner right away, talked to her a bit and then she finds out about the haircut and things just go south. I thought it was absolutely, absolutely ridiculous. You should have seen her. I was shocked. It’s just a haircut. I couldn’t understand so I was firm with her and told her that she needs to stop, needs to stop getting so worked up and I explained to her how this is a part of his career that he is growing up, getting more opportunities etc.. I told her that it was hair and that it would grow back. I told her that if she is a fan that she should support him and be happy for him that he is growing as an actor.She thought I was being mean. I was being logical. In the end she lay down with me. I gave her a hug, rubbed her back and talked to her some more, she continued to cry and eventually fell asleep. I just can’t believe it. I just worry about her. I don’ t know what her life will be like. She even still believes in Santa.Sometimes I just want to run away, disappear because I don’t know if I can fix any of this. I feel like I am the cause of this. I feel like I don’t need to coddle her and that I need to be firm but then I think well she has conditions and maybe I need to treat her a certain way, maybe she does need to be coddled. She is very smart, very self-reliant but there are things that I worry about.Mental health issues do run on both sides my side and dad’s side. I don’t; know if it’s mental health related, hormonal, or both.I'll be posting more about my child.How would you have reacted? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2ANdv0G

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