Category Archives: Mental Health

Articles relating to mental health are in this category. Typically they will fall into one of two categories. Yours, or your child’s. Yes, your mental health is important.

A call from David. An Apology. Small steps.

You have to understand.  With David, apologies aren’t like an apology you would receive from someone with hurt feelings.  He doesn’t feel remorse like other people do. That said, the fact that he called to apologize was a huge event for him.  He called specifically to talk to me, and apologize.  Evidently he is working his way through everyone in the house. I don’t know if his apology was heartfelt or not. I will take it.  I told him I forgave him and then talked about when our next visit would be. Plus we talked about the Broncos / Cowboys football game.  David is rooting for the Borncos, as as he puts it, the Cowboys aren’t a very good team. Related articles Explosive Visit With David Today. (whynotfathers.com) David – Attention seeking or something more? (whynotfathers.com) Apologies, What are They? (socyberty.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs

Explosive Visit With David Today.

We saw David today.  The plan was a two hour visit.  We were there 20 minutes. The argument started because David decided that he wanted to be obstinate.  I was getting the situation defused when David decided that he was done with the visit and took off down the hallway.  I had to go after him to ensure that he didn’t get into anything he wasn’t supposed to.  Once he was outside, I hollered for him to stop and talk to me.  He was about half a city block away and picking up speed.  Staff at this point was coming out of the residence.  So I told them that he was running away from us. In his anger, he left behind all of his toys.  So his sister brought them out to the door by his cottage.  David erupted.  Said that she was stealing his stuff.  His sister engaged and

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Happy PRTF Placement Anniversary

David has been in his current placement for a whole year.  How fast a year has gone. We have had numerous challenges this year. Changes in meds. struggles with school. Changes in diagnosis. Changes in the treatment plan. Changes in the IEP. Unsubstantiated reports of inappropriate behavior toward David. Aggressive behaviors from David. Manic mood swings. It has been challenging to say the least.  Now, with a new placement on the horizon, I am starting to feel like we are more or less just along for the ride. It is odd, they report “new” behaviors, that we told them about a year ago when he was first placed there. Related articles Frustrated with Frustrating PRTF’s and Frustration with Bureaucracy (whynotfathers.com) PRTF Update and sadness (whynotfathers.com) Medicaid policy change? (whynotfathers.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs