My daughter hates everyone

blueheron13
Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:12:56 +0000

I have to agree with finding a therapist. Do look for someone who specializes in work with teens and is not phased by their behavior. Dd had some problems in school, which began with her desire to stand up to bullies for her friends. Unfortunately she took the blame and she spiraled down. This continued for a few years, until we found her self-medicating (very bad). We looked and looked, and finally found a therapist who stayed eye to eye with her. Totally quiet session upon session (she was not going to participate), anger, rolling eyes–you can imagine. But slowly she came around. She is now stronger, more confident, found to need meds for depression, and, as the school puts it, one of only a handful of students who was able to turn around, and has become one of their very best success stories. They had nothing to do with it. It was therapy, it was medicine, it was the constancy of our staying the course with her thru thick and thin. It was tough, but she made it thru.