Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Support Group
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior toward authority figures that goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior. When a child cannot seem to control his anger or frustration, even over what seems to be trivial or simple to others, the child will often react in violent or negative ways to his own...
--- I really hope Nate is being serious about Dunkin Donuts. When I asked Nate if he was really getting the job, he said “well I wasn’t going to figuratively get a job,” slammed the front door and left. I received the parent mgmt book in the mail today. I’m afraid. I don’t want to be passive and let him get away with shit/talking to me like shit; but arguing won’t solve anything, but neither will doing nothing. I’m also enraged. I need a good release for this rage, and I have no idea “where to put it.” My mother said to put the anger back on Nate…that says a lot !!!! and it would not solve anything. Pausing school to focus on Nate will also not solve anything. I just realized my son has a mental illness; just like I do.
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It's been some time since my last post...sorry. I've been going through a challenging time with the sale of my home, purchase of a condo and my adult asperger son that lives with me. I've had days where I couldn't get out of bed, days where I stayed in my pj's and days where all I managed to do was eat, drink fluids and take care of my Sweet Mia kitty. Sweet Mia came to me from a shelter about...
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If I come to DS and it won't do anything when I click "Login", I go to a post, click and then click "Leave a Reply". Then it will let me log in.Of course, sometimes DS just goes to "Error 504". Then I can't log in.
Once "I got' my son had aspergers, was Very Smart, however his Ability To Process and Follow Logical Steps my anger was Shifted.
I now had a dx, I now had different way of ''thinking''. Thus began my focus on learning everything I could about 'changing my parenting style. Finding a support group, usually free, by typing into google my town and Parent Support Group in (town). I found one at the hospital.
A Huge Help to know other Mom's were just as burned out as I was....school system, son's behavior...we all helped with support, and info.