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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Therapy saved my child's life. She was suicidal and therapy gave her the tools to overcome those feelings and thrive. She took medication for awhile which was also essential but it was therapy that helped her learn how to face and surmount the challenges of living. [/quote]
Do you mind sharing your therapist's name?[/quote]Unfortunately her therapist now works for a university health system and isn't taking private patients.  But for anyone considering hospitalization, I can tell you that Dominion Hospital worked wonders for my child.

But all along the way there were no guarantees that she would become the grounded person she is today.  It wasn't like she saw a therapist for six months and then everything was fine.  It took years of therapy, a hospitalization, some years of medication, and also facing up to the fact that she had inherited the family disease - addiction - and needed to go to a 12-step program.  I can't believe how lucky we were that she found her way to where she is today.  She will still face challenges but I know now that she's got a supportive network of friends to lean on in hard times - especially if I'm gone and can't be there for her anymore.

Look, I know this isn't going to be much comfort for anyone - but I was a suicidal teenager myself and fortunately scared my parents into sending me to a therapist, who helped me see that I didn't have to live in the darkness and I had healthy choices that I hadn't understood existed.  It took years for me to transcend a horrible adolescence but I eventually succeeded.  And one thing I learned was that getting really screwed up young can sometimes be a good thing later in life.  It made me more likely to seek help when I needed it because I had learned things could get better.  If I hadn't been so screwed up as a teen, I might have just gone on through my 20s and 30s trying to get by and limp along emotionally without knowing that I could have a much better life.

But having learned all these things, I should have known better how to prevent my own kid's descent into darkness, right?  Nope! I just ended up being another worried and scared parent wanting to will her towards a healthy life.  My heart goes out to everyone on this thread who is watching their kids struggle.  I hope and pray they work their way through it and come out the other side![/quote]

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