Mental Health Thread

[MindRuler]

As for the kiddo. DO NOT. EVER. Blame yourself. You guys are doing the best you can with what you got. Can't give 100% right now? That's valid, do it when you can. My niece is a huracane, and her parents are on it 24/7. So maybe a little less screen time will help, maybe it won't. Allow yourself to be human, but don't add guilt on top of the stress. This is temporary.

This! I know from your previous posts you´re a caring father @Ascendingthethrone !

 

[Ascendingthethrone]

I can relate to the stress of the selling and buying of the house. We've been getting deliveries from our storage unit abroad and the house looks like a bomb went off. Putting everything away, separating what needs selling, giving away and keeping is all consuming. However, the only way is through, it is a process that has a beginning and an end. Keep the eye on the prize. Won't make the stress disappear, but it will be more tolerable.

As for the kiddo. DO NOT. EVER. Blame yourself. You guys are doing the best you can with what you got. Can't give 100% right now? That's valid, do it when you can. My niece is a huracane, and her parents are on it 24/7. So maybe a little less screen time will help, maybe it won't. Allow yourself to be human, but don't add guilt on top of the stress. This is temporary.

Thanks @Onhell. This post perked me up! The meeting was not as bad as I thought it could be. They just want to support her more.

And thank you @MindRuler for the kind words!

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

I’m fed up at the moment. We are in the process of selling and buying a house which is stressful in itself. We also have a meeting with my daughter’s nursery today. It is a follow up from earlier in the year, but I think that they will try diagnose her with some form of SEND. She is a fidget and is not great at sitting still. I feel that it is our fault is some ways. We have been lazy parents recently with regarding play and screen time. Screens have been used as a pacifier because we have been so busy with work and the house selling. I know that is not an excuse, but there it is. And to top it all off, this stress has been wrecking havoc on my stomach.

I just feel so deflated. We are off work for the summer and the stress of everything is worse than term time.

So she may have ADHD: that's not actually a catastrophe, you know ... Letting her sit in front of the screen a bit more than you think you should have didn't cause it - it's part of who she is. She may find some things a bit more difficult but she'll also have abilities that the others don't have.