I am so so sorry.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all. I do feel better to know I'm not alone. I feel like I am over-protective b/c I don't want her to go to the neighborhood playground by herself due to these outbursts---and then I feel like I'm not letting her be a kid!

You're not alone! And keep in mind, your daughter may be 8 in years but her executive functioning is the equivalent of a 5yo so you are correct to be supervising her at the playground. We don't let our ADHD 7yo play unsupervised at the playground either because his executive functioning is that of a 4yo and we certainly wouldn't allow a 4yo to go to the playground by himself.

Thank you all. I do feel better to know I'm not alone. I feel like I am over-protective b/c I don't want her to go to the neighborhood playground by herself due to these outbursts---and then I feel like I'm not letting her be a kid!

I’m so sorry op. We had a really rough afternoon yesterday, the aggression is so hard and makes me the most upset so I relate. Thanks for posting as it helps us all feel less alone I think.

8 is a really tough age in some ways. My same age DD has made so much progress and is doing so well in many ways that I feel a little like I can relax and then bam! Totally inappropriate behavior. It was yesterday for us. It’s hard to accept that things are going to be up and down forever and the progress isn’t perfectly linear despite everything we do to help. We have some serious medical things going on with other family members and I’m sure that’s related to the poor behavior but when I’m just tired I just want to yell please be ok so I can deal with everything else! I don’t, obviously, but it’s hard when you need to find away for your whole family to be ok but one person sucks up a lot of resources. Anyway I made this a bit too much about our situation but just know you are not alone.

So sorry, I really think Mondays are the worst for our kids/us.

I'm so sorry! It is stressful, I know, it's hard to see our kids in the stress, because they're in distress when that is going on. Over the holidays my 8-year-old also had a complete meltdown which involved hitting me and pulling my hair and trying to jump out of the car. It was so incredibly upsetting. But the upside is that after the next day she's been back to her normal self and hopefully your kiddo will be too.

My DD who has ADHD, anxiety, and SPD (age 8) had a really rough morning to the point of hitting me, calling me a loser and making a gun motion with her fingers towards me. I was eventually able to deescalate the situation---it's been a long time when we've had something this bad. But I am just sad right now. thanks for listening