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Originally Posted by dark_heart_x
Sometimes you have to laugh instead of cry. Laughing is healing, you know, it's the most healing thing we do. It is good for your heart, your lungs, your blood vessels, it lowers blood glucose and blood pressure, it activates positive brain waves, it stimulates the nervous system, and it relieves stress.
I can just imagine a 16 year old boy with a green marker moustach... my oldest son once drew all over himself with a blue sharpie marker. He even colored in his bellybutton. But he was only two, haha... I can still see him. It took me 3 weeks to get the blue off completely, so your son is going to have a reminder for a while.  |
Yes, laughter is so healing. I didnt know about the other specifics anatomically, good to know, thank you!
Yea it's so cute, when they do that when they're little. He used to color his whole body and face pretty routinely lol. Usually unscented hand cream like eucerin works best to get the colors off the skin, but yea, it may be there awhile.
I smiled along while he was doing it, otherwise he would've done worse. I was careful to not seem judging and just play.
Can you help me with what to say when he's suicidal? (you seem to have done much research on the topic) I think i handled it well last night (and many other times over the past 5 years), but want every tool in my toolbox to save my kid. he has a lot of borderline symptoms too, abandonment by dad was very hard on him. But he's too young to know what's what for sure. One therapist i really liked said that it's good to ask, do you really want to die, or do you want things to be different?
Last night I thought about calling the sui hotline and asking them what to say to him... I have a friend, havent talked in awhile but I know she volunteers at one. But I dont share my situation or my kids with barely anyone.
And i have felt like i wanted to die many times, but can't remember sharing that info with anyone. So I don't have an experience of someone talking me down like what worked, what helped. I think i just cried it out or broke stuff or pulled my hair out until the feeling passed.
thanks
