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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD was like this and I’m sorry to say she did not turn the corner. She’s a brilliant kid and when her light is shining, I’m filled with so much hope.  Her down days are a drain to the entire family. Good luck OP. My advice is to read up on ‘spirited children’ and seek help early on. Our school did not notice anything when I reached out and they were not helpful at all because she’s high achieving and not disruptive in class. I persisted and got help on my own. DD is in counseling now which is helping.[/quote]

What did help look like? What type of help do you think would have been useful earlier?[/quote]

DD is 12 yrs old.  A counselor and the CBT workbook helped all of us. Meditation helps as well. We initially dismissed it as moody, dramatic and manipulative.  She was in fact anxious, depressed and has some oppositional defiance issues.  We were ill equipped having never experienced anything like that before.  We had to learn a new language to help her process and cope. It is exhausting but getting easier. We punished when we should not have, rescued when we should not have, ignored when we should have engaged and engaged when we should have ignored.

I later discovered that many families I know had the same experience with their now grown children. It’s not that uncommon.

Highly recommend getting a CBT workbook for yourself at this point just based on your child’s age.[/quote]

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