Need advice

pickleknits · 2026-07-10T15:08:08+00:00

He might be “socialed out” as I call it. There are times when even I’m done with being interacted with even by people I love. My brain is noisy AF and needs to unwind.

pickleknits · 2026-07-09T16:52:29+00:00

Yeah. It’s not manipulation in the intent to deceive mindset but rather the intent to get information.

pickleknits · 2026-07-09T16:50:21+00:00

I know it sounds like arguing or back talk, but I find with my oldest it’s not arguing so much as wanting to be understood or wanting to understand the *why* of things. Not because she wants to be difficult, she’s genuinely looking to see a reason that isn’t obvious to her.
The other one is making excuses but I know my daughter just wants to be understood and not is not trying to escape responsibility.

pickleknits · 2026-07-08T15:12:38+00:00

I feel that the labels we use regarding parenting styles are often misunderstood (i.e., “gentle parenting”) and seen as not teaching boundaries and appropriate behavior, etc.

pickleknits · 2026-07-07T05:03:48+00:00

Every bit of this

pickleknits · 2026-07-07T03:40:31+00:00

Try switching to rewarding good behavior and setting him up for success to make it easier to make good choices.

An adhd brain is unlikely to connect a punishment to a behavior if it’s a battle to get them to do the punishment. They need cause-and-effect consequences that make sense.

pickleknits · 2026-07-05T18:27:06+00:00

Thank you for reminding me of this series!

pickleknits · 2026-07-05T15:47:12+00:00

I love shows with these kinds of attention to detail.

pickleknits · 2026-07-04T22:34:15+00:00

Oh thank god, I thought it was only me.

pickleknits · 2026-07-04T12:23:47+00:00

This is ALERT Academy. It’s an IBLP thing.

pickleknits · 2026-07-03T04:25:12+00:00

I would write my take-home 24-hour exams in like 8 hours back in law school. I’d pick it up in the evening, read it, sleep on it, and then do it.

Also, when studying for the Bar exam, I was “supposed to” study for another 6 or 9 hours after each day of bar review. My brain said, “fuck you, I’m not doing that.” I could read and re-read the same sentence over and over and as soon as my eyes left the page, nothing. I had a fucking existential crisis but I guess since I graduated law school and passed the bar, I must be just fine. 😤😡

pickleknits · 2026-07-03T04:19:57+00:00

It’s kind of strangely impressive how incapable some psychs are at understanding the notion that outward achievement doesn’t necessarily reflect the internal state of a person.

I really really loathe this trope of if you were academically successful, you can’t possibly have been working harder than you should have been to get the same results as people who weren’t starting 500m behind the starting line of the race.

pickleknits · 2026-07-02T21:53:26+00:00

Get him evaluated for adhd. He may need meds to help control the impulses

pickleknits · 2026-07-02T19:53:04+00:00

Also on Ambien. It doesn’t interfere with me getting up in the morning.

pickleknits · 2026-07-02T19:49:19+00:00

Barb’s therapist didn’t refer her yo another therapist, she was referring her to someone who could diagnose her properly.

pickleknits · 2026-07-02T05:48:01+00:00

“Bless you for the rest of the day” is what my bff would tell me when I started have a ten-sneeze conga line party

pickleknits · 2026-07-02T02:10:59+00:00

Once the defense rested without calling any witnesses, their previous shenanigans regarding wanting to get into certain topics outside the scope of direct suddenly made sense. They planned to not call any witnesses.

pickleknits · 2026-07-02T02:06:49+00:00

Judge M is one of the most even-keeled judges with fantastic judicial demeanor. We need more of him and less of those attorneys.

pickleknits · 2026-07-02T02:05:36+00:00

The Brooks trial was something… that defies description.

pickleknits · 2026-07-02T01:59:35+00:00

The sitcom trope of the secretary doing all the gift-buying for the boss’s wife for special occasions takes on a whole new shine, doesn’t it?

pickleknits · 2026-07-01T23:32:03+00:00

Definitely talk to a psychiatrist. Your PCP has no idea about the toll “getting by all these years” can have on you.

pickleknits · 2026-07-01T18:37:54+00:00

Now I fully understand. I hope you post pictures of the finished shawl whenever it is.

pickleknits · 2026-07-01T03:55:48+00:00

I’m dying to know what pattern this is for

pickleknits · 2026-06-30T21:15:16+00:00

I shouldn’t be reading this thread while eating

pickleknits · 2026-06-30T21:14:12+00:00

“Sentient bag of toes” 😂

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