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She is so consistent in her inconsistency!
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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 131382" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Hi.</p><p> </p><p>My wee difficult child behaves much the same way. He's almost 6 now. I kept a journal for over 2 years. Some days were just notes and fragments. Other days were all out novels and vents. But every day I at least tried to note the overall tone of the day, any high points and low points, and any stimulus that he either tolerated or didn't tolerate. I got it down to a pretty good science. When work got rough last spring, I backed off the journal. Now I keep my posts here and my emails to my mom, those serve as my "journal" if I need.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child 1 is almost 19. difficult child 2 is almost 6. I've been dealing with difficult child's for 16 years now and I *still* struggle when we come off a good/stable period. Personally, I think the downward spiral is harder for me to deal with than the day ins and day outs of difficult child-dom that last weeks or months on end. I just get in a "zone". When he's not on target, I deal with it. When he's on target and I'm in the "good" zone, I don't want to come out of it and its HARD. I wish I could tell you some magic that works to make it easier, but I don't have any, I just try to brace myself for the impending roller coaster ride and remind myself that this particular hill won't last forever, either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 131382, member: 1848"] Hi. My wee difficult child behaves much the same way. He's almost 6 now. I kept a journal for over 2 years. Some days were just notes and fragments. Other days were all out novels and vents. But every day I at least tried to note the overall tone of the day, any high points and low points, and any stimulus that he either tolerated or didn't tolerate. I got it down to a pretty good science. When work got rough last spring, I backed off the journal. Now I keep my posts here and my emails to my mom, those serve as my "journal" if I need. difficult child 1 is almost 19. difficult child 2 is almost 6. I've been dealing with difficult child's for 16 years now and I *still* struggle when we come off a good/stable period. Personally, I think the downward spiral is harder for me to deal with than the day ins and day outs of difficult child-dom that last weeks or months on end. I just get in a "zone". When he's not on target, I deal with it. When he's on target and I'm in the "good" zone, I don't want to come out of it and its HARD. I wish I could tell you some magic that works to make it easier, but I don't have any, I just try to brace myself for the impending roller coaster ride and remind myself that this particular hill won't last forever, either. [/QUOTE]
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