dashcat
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Some of you know that my difficult child has not been diagnosed but that I suspect she might be bi-polar. Something isn't/hasn't been right for several years, in any case.
I've posted about her moving in with me and, despite a few bumps along the way, it's going fairly well. She is now paying rent, is doing what I ask of her around the house, etc. Since I confronted her about pot two weeks ago,I've not seen any evidence of pot use, though I know she could be doing it away from home. Can't do anything about that.
She's had episodes of over-the-top happy ...the kind of happy that really isn't happy (and I know most of you know what I mean). When she's like this, she's loud, dancing around, singing in my face, talking loud/laughing loud .... LOUD. Non-stop talking, singing, piano playing .... She has a new boyfriend ...nice (but clueless) kid. Lives with his dad and stepmom, is on summer break from school, is polite and helpful when he's here.
But today she posted two things on her Tumblr. One is something along the lines of "I just want to thank you all for follwoing me (tumlr equivalent to facebook "friends"), I'm just really down about my life right now and the urge to cut is overwhelming. Thanks for everything." Underneath that is a gif of an ocean over which is printed "nobody likes a suicidal girl.".
She doesn't know I know her Tumblr URL, though it is public. (please, please, no advice about not looking at her facebook/tumblr. I'm not there yet. I look.)
She has lied about cutting since high school ...and only "cut" once (after I confronted her about lying about cutting!), a tiny set of surface scratches that could hardly have been called "cuts". I can usually get a glimpse of her arms and legs because we don't have airconditioning and she lives in tank tops and shorts. If she's cutting, it's well hidden.
She isn't acting at all depressed around me, but I have noticed she's been sleeping more than usual and she isn't showering. The pattern is, though, that she doesn't show depression by acting depressed. My biggest clue is her not snowering and sometimes binge eating, but that's it.
I know all talk of suicide should be taken seriously...what I'm not sure of is if she is really thinking this way or if the Tumblr thing is an attention thing.
Sorry to ramble, I'm just plain confused.
Any magic words?
Dash
I've posted about her moving in with me and, despite a few bumps along the way, it's going fairly well. She is now paying rent, is doing what I ask of her around the house, etc. Since I confronted her about pot two weeks ago,I've not seen any evidence of pot use, though I know she could be doing it away from home. Can't do anything about that.
She's had episodes of over-the-top happy ...the kind of happy that really isn't happy (and I know most of you know what I mean). When she's like this, she's loud, dancing around, singing in my face, talking loud/laughing loud .... LOUD. Non-stop talking, singing, piano playing .... She has a new boyfriend ...nice (but clueless) kid. Lives with his dad and stepmom, is on summer break from school, is polite and helpful when he's here.
But today she posted two things on her Tumblr. One is something along the lines of "I just want to thank you all for follwoing me (tumlr equivalent to facebook "friends"), I'm just really down about my life right now and the urge to cut is overwhelming. Thanks for everything." Underneath that is a gif of an ocean over which is printed "nobody likes a suicidal girl.".
She doesn't know I know her Tumblr URL, though it is public. (please, please, no advice about not looking at her facebook/tumblr. I'm not there yet. I look.)
She has lied about cutting since high school ...and only "cut" once (after I confronted her about lying about cutting!), a tiny set of surface scratches that could hardly have been called "cuts". I can usually get a glimpse of her arms and legs because we don't have airconditioning and she lives in tank tops and shorts. If she's cutting, it's well hidden.
She isn't acting at all depressed around me, but I have noticed she's been sleeping more than usual and she isn't showering. The pattern is, though, that she doesn't show depression by acting depressed. My biggest clue is her not snowering and sometimes binge eating, but that's it.
I know all talk of suicide should be taken seriously...what I'm not sure of is if she is really thinking this way or if the Tumblr thing is an attention thing.
Sorry to ramble, I'm just plain confused.
Any magic words?
Dash