Had to restrain David tonight. He was kicking at me because I told him not to play with the cat food. Littlest things can set him off, if I had thought about how it would end, I would have let him play with the cat food. I ended up grabbing him by one arm and…
Tag: Pain
the dreams that follow
After any particularly tense day, David has bad dreams. I find that they can tell me more about just how bad his day was than any behavior that he shows us. This tells me that there is something significant going on that we haven’t began to deal with in regards to his mental health. I…
Self-Injury and your child
I received a phone call from the respite provider. Seems our son was frustrated about something that he stole. So he stabbed himself with a pencil. Twice. What makes a person self-injure? How does that feel good? In the coming weeks I will be doing some research about this topic with the hope of shedding…