I haven't had much time to write....I've been super busy with life--work, appointments, homework, lessons, work, appointments, homework, lessons and so on.....you get the picture.
Very condensed version. The past few months have progressively gotten more difficult. We had an amazing trip to Florida where 'A' had her first plane ride, met her new grandparents, and visited Disney. She did amazingly well!!! There is some correlation between her instability and her father--she speaks of how she hates him frequently everyday(I know that she loves him) but he is really making her world difficult. Last night was her first tantrum/meltdown/rage--or whatever you want to call it. She complained of her head and ears hurting afterwards. Today, she was manic...doing bizarre things like locking herself in the closet, making strange noises, laughing uncontrollably, eating ravenously and just going a mile a minute. Please send positive thoughts her way because I'm unsure of where to go from here.
More to come later--visitors tomorrow and I have a messy house.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
I F*&^ing HATE Dr. Phil
Besides being an opinionated prick, he lives to exploit families that are desperate to get help for their various issues. Dr. Phil once again had another show on children with mental illness, mainly focusing on parenting a child with mental illness. It makes me sick when he does these shows because he almost always points the finger at the parents. He didn't do that this time but still managed to piss me off and spout more fucknuttery.
First, he began by playing footage of a child in a rage and he called it a "tantrum". In the next segment, the parents disclosed the child's diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Dr. Phil had to add that the DSM (manual for diagnosing mental illnesses) does not provide diagnosis criteria for children, as if he was agreeing that children cannot have severe mental health issues like bpd. He also went on to express his disapproval of them labeling themselves with a mental illness because of the stigma attached to mental illness. Hmmm....lets think about this. These children have a legit mental illness where one of the symptoms is rage and he downplays it and labels their behavior, as if they had a choice, as a tantrum, and Dr. Phil worries about how others will treat them. A child with bpd and a parent of a child with bpd doesn't want to be told that their suffering child is just having a tantrum.
Then to make the show even more amusing, he has another psychologist go backstage to talk to the children and he came to resolve that they should try to get alon with one another and control their emotions a little better. HA! Would you tell a person with schizophrenia to stop hearing voices? To make this better, the psychologist is the author of the book, "Retraining the Brain". Hmmm, I'm no mental health professional but, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, etc... are brain chemical issues and are WAY beyond just "retraining the brain". Fears, phobias, panic attacks, Pica, Cleptomania etc... (without the presence of any other serious diagnoses) are issues that can possibly be treated by "retraining the brain.
Thank you Dr. Phil for another superb show!
First, he began by playing footage of a child in a rage and he called it a "tantrum". In the next segment, the parents disclosed the child's diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Dr. Phil had to add that the DSM (manual for diagnosing mental illnesses) does not provide diagnosis criteria for children, as if he was agreeing that children cannot have severe mental health issues like bpd. He also went on to express his disapproval of them labeling themselves with a mental illness because of the stigma attached to mental illness. Hmmm....lets think about this. These children have a legit mental illness where one of the symptoms is rage and he downplays it and labels their behavior, as if they had a choice, as a tantrum, and Dr. Phil worries about how others will treat them. A child with bpd and a parent of a child with bpd doesn't want to be told that their suffering child is just having a tantrum.
Then to make the show even more amusing, he has another psychologist go backstage to talk to the children and he came to resolve that they should try to get alon with one another and control their emotions a little better. HA! Would you tell a person with schizophrenia to stop hearing voices? To make this better, the psychologist is the author of the book, "Retraining the Brain". Hmmm, I'm no mental health professional but, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, etc... are brain chemical issues and are WAY beyond just "retraining the brain". Fears, phobias, panic attacks, Pica, Cleptomania etc... (without the presence of any other serious diagnoses) are issues that can possibly be treated by "retraining the brain.
Thank you Dr. Phil for another superb show!
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