My son accepted when he was younger that we had head boo-boo that we had to take meds for.
Then he wanted to know the real name.
Then he wanted to know what it meant. So I drew a chart. Take a sheet landscape / horizontal fold it in half 2x then open it up. On the top crease draw a line and write happy. On the bottom crease draw a line and write sad. Tell her most people go from happy to sad and draw a wave from one side to the other within the lines. Then take a different marker/ colored pencil/ pen and tell her that you get super happy and sad. Draw a wave line that goes above and below the two lines. Then if you want to/ if she's still interested tell her you take meds to be more like the first line but sometimes drs have to fix them so you have to go to the hospital.
Now I sit down with my son and tell him. "I have to go to the hospital. My meds are messed up and that's the fastest way to fix them."
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Dx:
Me- SzA
Husband- Bipolar 1
Daughter- mood disorder+
Comfortable broken and happy
"So I don't know why I'm tongue tied At the wrong time when I need this."- P!nk
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