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Originally Posted by Silent_Tears_17
I am 17. Diagnosed cycothymic (a long term depression a little less severe than MDD), Bulimia, self-injury and ADD.
Started cutting when I was 13. I really think you did the right thing. My parents just blew it off as a ploy for attention and even as I begged teachers, and my parents, and counselors, and parents friends to help me I receieved almost no support. Im at college now and Im still trying to fight to get the help I need, and my parents still make it difficult... but the lonliness i felt and feel because of their distance has really made it worse. Your daughter may be mad at you now but she knows you want to help her. She knows you are scared and care and love her. And if I had my mothers love it would mean the world to me, and I think I could do anything.
Good luck I will pray for you and your daughter
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Thanks for your input and everyone else's. I have been doing as much research as I can on SI and keep telling her how much I love her. She said the last incident started with overwhelming anxiety and fortunately they are starting an anxiety med this hospitalization. I visited her in the hospital today and she is more child like and more accepting of my love. She said she was sorry and I said I just want her to feel better. I told her even if it's 1AM she can wake me up if she gets urges to cut and we can try anything to help them pass. A trip to Barnes & Nobles to drink tea and read like she loves or whatever. I am actually her dad and most people assume I must be her mom. Mom has been out of the picture since she was 6 months old and she is my little angel no matter how old she grows. I have devoted my life to her since the first day I held her in the maternity ward. I am remarried and she has had a step mom since age 4 but I will always be the primary caretaker in her life. She is almost the age of consent and we have been arguing over boys. I am letting her date as long as they are supervised but she wants to have sex with her boyfriend. I had to cool it off for a while because they were pushing the limits and I don't want a pregunate 16 year old to top it all off. I know the sex thing is a losing battle as she ages and I can't keep her locked in an ivory tower. I think my dating rules were not too strict for a 15 year old. That's the only stress we have between us right now.
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