Maybe Counseling Would Help?
Although Eric’s potty mouth problems seem to be under control for now, I’m still not happy with his overall attitude lately. I’m also quite displeased with his “back-talk”. I get that he’s a smart kid, too damn smart for his own good sometimes, but does he have to act like a damn know it all? I know this sounds like I’m complaining, and hell I guess I am, but oh well. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore my son. He’s my sunshine and I love him more than any other person on this planet, but just because I love someone doesn’t mean I have to like the way they act.
I’m considering getting him into counseling. Not a psychiatrist or anything like that, but like a therapist or counselor or something of that nature. Reason being is that a psychiatrist will just put him on medication because that’s all they seem to be good for. I don’t think my son needs medication at all, but he does need someone who can help him learn to control his anger. Also, being that I’m diagnosed as bipolar and his father was a schizophrenic (most of my ex’s family have mental problems) I think it’s best to get him used to seeing someone and talking to someone who can help him cope with things that he will probably have to face later in life. They say mental illness is hereditary, so he’s got it coming from both sides.
I never thought of my mom as mentally ill, though, but now that I think about it there were some questionable moments in my childhood. I always chalked it up to her drug addiction, but they also say that alot of people with mental problems turn to drugs to “self medicate”. I also recall my mom saying that my grandmother had to be hospitalized 2 times when my mom was a child due to having had a “mental breakdown” or something of that sort. So maybe that’s where I got it from. I do manage it better than they did I think, because I haven’t had to be hospitalized and I am not a drug addict or alcoholic. I am also able to control myself for the sake of my child, which is something that my mom never seemed to be able to do.
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