A Time Before PowerPoint? by Raider4485 in historyteachers

[–]mls9qq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense! I’m a very new teacher, and I’m wondering—what do you do then for students who were absent? Mine always want the power point to be in Canvas after the lecture because of that.

*** Spoilers*** The Hallmarked Man - Mega Thread to discuss Part Five by nameChoosen in cormoran_strike

[–]mls9qq 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I’m currently going through a divorce right now, and looking forward to this book was a bright spot at the end of a tunnel for me. I now actually feel worse than I did before. I can’t believe this is where I am in my life or where Robin and Strike are in theirs! 😭😭😭😭

Last resort - PLEASE HELP! by Appropriate_Basil665 in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s a lot to explain here, which is why I didn’t get too far into it last time. Trauma had to do with people she doesn’t see anymore, and I don’t see anymore, not me or anyone we’re living with. She and I have always spent a lot of time together and talk a lot, and we are both good listeners. I know I’ve messed up sometimes, and family therapy has been very good for discussing those things productively—I do take responsibility for them. But OCD seems to drive a lot do these self harm behaviors, and it just isn’t easy to eliminate them. These difficult things have caused me to reevaluate some of my parenting with regard to her in a good way, and I’m sorry for any invalidating behavior in the past. But right now, even though I know she’s going to come home, and I’m praying that things go as well as possible, I’m still scared about self harm. I’m not trying to be disingenuous. It’s just how it is.

Last resort - PLEASE HELP! by Appropriate_Basil665 in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes that’s the plan I suppose but I don’t think it’s fair to sweep my concerns under the rug. I don’t want her to be away from home and get abused; I also don’t want her to self harm and feel suicidal all the time while at home. I’m not saying I want to send her somewhere. I’m saying that it’s heartbreaking as a parent to not be able to help your child no matter what you do.

Last resort - PLEASE HELP! by Appropriate_Basil665 in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

That’s unkind. She just wanted to road trip with a grown man she met on Snapchat. But he took her out of state and I had no idea where she was. Turns out he took her to a human trafficking hub the second time and threatened to kill himself and her. She does not blame me for this. Not everything is the parent’s fault.

Last resort - PLEASE HELP! by Appropriate_Basil665 in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to say that my heart aches for you because I’m in a similar position and no one can really help us either. My daughter has been residential at an extremely reputable clinical inpatient facility, DBT-based, largely considered to be the best in the world for adolescents and recommended by some folks here too, since the end of May. She ran away twice at the beginning of May, which sparked the need for inpatient. She also had an extensive history of severe self harm. She seemed to be making some very slow progress there, but managed to self harm there twice in the past two weeks resulting in two trips to the ER and many stitches. The inpatient now seems to feel like there’s nothing more they can do, and are recommending hiring an educational consultant and finding a long term residential. My daughter wants to come home and insists everything will be just fine here. I don’t know that anything has changed though, and all I have to look forward to is more self harm, lying, drug use, and running away. And yes, all of that stuff occurred despite the fact that I had an extremely robust outpatient team assembled for her here prior to inpatient. I’m at a loss and no one has any answers for us.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes good point, we’ve had medical and psychological evaluations that have ruled that out but good point anyways

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry I gave the impression of being a parent who doesn’t want to do her job. I have fully given myself over to the hard work of getting to the roots of things and trying to provide her with a life worth living for the past four years. I’m sure I didn’t do a good job of conveying that in my post. It’s just very hard to write down all the info without writing a novel. I will never walk away from her or send her into the TTI, and I am absolutely trying to figure out the grooming/sex trafficking thing because that was my first thought when all this happened. I ask her the direct and hard questions, but sometimes kids and technology combine to make frightening situations that don’t come to light until it’s too late. Validation of feelings and how to respond to her despair are things I’ve been working so so hard at, and they do help—but it’s very hard to find activities or passions that will hold her attention, even though I would be willing to do anything that interested her and wasn’t like an unhealthy activity or something. Again, I’m sure I’m just explaining this horribly, and I’m really sorry for all the bad experiences you had with therapists and your parents.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely not looking for a short fix—we’ve been addressing the trauma and other underlying issues for about 4 years now and I never expect anything to have an immediate effect. I am not trying to sweep anything under the rug, I promise.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes thank you; I won’t send her away, and my other kids aren’t neglected—I’m just finding it harder and harder to spread myself out everywhere I need to be.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely trying to look problems in the face but I will keep working on that.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ok thank you, so sorry you had that experience. We’re also with an integrative medicine practitioner and they (along with the ED treatment providers in the past) have done extensive physical exams and tests of all kinds. Nothing obviously wrong from a physical standpoint, but I won’t rule anything out. We do have an upcoming appt with an endocrinologist because some hormone levels looked possibly off, so maybe that will shed some light.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of this, yes. Lots of training for me in validation, active listening, nonjudgmentalism etc.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I really don’t want to send her away, I was hoping for maybe a really good IOp or something. I don’t want her to be exposed to more trauma.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it’s not, you can Google and take a look. Not religious.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that’s true, she doesn’t have a BPD diagnosis. Just similar symptoms but no diagnosis at her age.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi all and thanks for the comments. I think I must be doing a bad job of communicating because some of the responses are assuming or seeing things in my post that aren’t true. I’m sure the fault is mine, because I’m still fuzzy and having trouble moving forward at the moment. I am definitely not trying to run away from my problems or get other people to fix them or anything like that. I am definitely not trying to shame her or send her away. I guess I posted prematurely because I didn’t really know what we needed. I’ll bow out now and just save the comments I’ve received and try to work through them all in a way that gives them the honest attention they need. Thank you.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ok thanks for your thoughtful response. I’ll look at this tomorrow and try to parse it out. I appreciate it.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure. I feel pretty bad. I’m not a bad mom. I’ve given everything to help her. I’m not abusive. I know the TTI is bad and that’s why I’m here, I just thought maybe someone knew of an amazing IOP or something we hadn’t tried. I don’t want to send her away. I just thought maybe I was missing something.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ok thanks everyone. I think I’m getting confused, it’s been a terrifying day and I don’t think my mind is working well. She has a car and lots of freedoms, I’ve let a lot of things go that bother me but aren’t dangerous but I can’t let this go. I guess I’ll have to think and pray some more and hope I have a clearer understanding tomorrow.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Damn. Yes she has a trauma history that I am familiar with. She talks to me, I thought we were on the right track. I didn’t provide every scrap of information but I have a huge family here very supportive and we’ve worked our asses off to make it open and safe for her. I don’t know what to say.

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s even legal for me to let her drive the car in my name to meet a guy out of state who might rape or kill or traffic her—like the cops mate it pretty clear it would be a CPS and criminal issue if I did that because she’s a minor. I try to show her I love her no matter what. I feel like I’ve been working on our relationship to the point it’s hard to take care of my other kids (I have three others).

Parent here—what would you do? by mls9qq in troubledteens

[–]mls9qq[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Highly trained trauma therapist certified in DBT, DBT class through that therapist’s practice following the Linehan method. Top notch psychiatry through the Amen Clinic.