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<title>Psych Central Answers | Published Questions | Children and Parenting</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:22:32 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mom of bipolar child]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:22:32 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[My 27 year old daughter is bipolar. She has a 2 year old son and they both live with me. I never know what kind of mood she'll be in so I have to tread lightly. My problem is I don't feel I have to walk on eggshells in my own home. She also has little patients with her son. To me ,he's a typical 2 year old but she keeps saying he has ocd and other mental issues. I think she should keep those kind of comments to herself and not say things like that in front of him. When he does something wrong which is often, afterall he is 2, she flies off the handle and screams at the top of her lungs at him<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lonliness / Frustation?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:08:10 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[My mother seems to be opposing me on everything. She does not take me seriously in any matter. She seems to hate me. She is always after me. I dont know what her problem is. But this is becoming very frustating. I am perplexed, I dont know how i should react. I tried to talk it out but things grew worse. She talks to me only when there is some work. Is it due to my academic results that have slowed down? Or is it due to lonliness she is suffering since my father works abroad. I try my level best to understand her but it seems she just wants to be herself. what should i do?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why am I having problems with my mother?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:26:55 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I love my mother. She loves me back. But things just tend to go wrong. She will oppose every opinion of mine. For example, The day I tell her that i want milk, she wont serve me; The day I tell her I do not want milk, she will serve me and see to it that i drink it. A boy from my class was becoming over-protective towards me. Went I told this to my mother she said its just a teenage problems. Finally, one day he got too cozy; I slapped him and reported to the Head. That is when she took a look. I am perplexed. She seems to go opposite to me in all matters. Please help me.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is my mother a narcissist?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:14:24 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Since the time I was a young child, I have had a tumultuous relationship with my mother. Throughout the years, I have realized that my mother is seen a certain way by family, and a different way by work friends and the general public. She puts up a front, often "Martha Stewart-esque," where she is the ideal hostess, best worker, ideal mother, dearest friend. But living with her is another story. She is a rageaholic, and spends a large part of her time complaining, yelling, swearing, at anything and everything. She goes on diatribes about her work situation, supervisor and coworkers, and gets <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I want to vent anger!]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:52:22 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ok, to start things off I need to say that I get a little heated VERY easily. My dad just got his life together a few years ago from heavy drinking and drug use and has fully severed all associates and paths to lead him down that with path with certain people again. My mom divorced him from drinking actions and now, out the mercy of my mom, I get picked up Friday-Sunday to spend time with him. My dad is always consoling when i have a problem, for a short while. If i talk about a problem he goes off getting pissed, raising his voice and almost like he's gonna smack me, which he never did, ever<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[life]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:19:09 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[iv been a positive gal till 15... i had an abuse at 16 i didnt let it out till i was done with high school so i went thru the torture for 2 yrs. since than i always kept far frm people.. at church while shopping or any1 anywhere. i had nightmares at first than gradually it was ok. my mum from childhood always tot i was dominant among us 3 kids(elder sis n younger bro..im d middle one). iv always wanted to protect every1 after my abuse be it my bro n sis. but my mum calls it dominant. i am gonna b 23 thiss year but i never find my mum there for me. thy fund me for education but iv been alone e<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I don't know what to do about my relationship with the children from my first marriage?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:24:38 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Both children from my first marriage have alienated themselves from me, yet my relationship with my youngest is great.  My middle son was very close to me until his father found a wealthy girlfriend and moved in with her.  Their relationship had not been close until then but he was determined not to pay maintenance by attempting to influence the two children to live with him.  This caused much confusion in my son who longed for his father's approval.  My daughter saw through it and left.  She was head-strong and manipulated me into signing a marriage consent form for her under false pretences<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wombtwin symdrome... is it real?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:29:23 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Wombtwin symdrome... is it real?<br /><br />Is there such a thing as wombtwin symdrome?<br /><br />I read that losing a twin in the womb can cause all sorts of things, from a feeling of sadness, lack of trust, autism, sensitive emotions, starving yourself of food/sleep/relationships, and a variety of things. Is there really wombtwin syndrome?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Need some advice on handling a delicate situation]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:31:49 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hello,<br /><br />Just a quick background. My fiance & I have been together for 3 1/2yrs. He has a 6yr old son from a previous marriage. We all have a great relationship and my stepson and I have formed a great relationship and he has accepted his fathers new realtionship with me amazingly great.<br /> My question relates to something that happened this weekend. I am a heavy sleeper so cant be sure how long this was happening, but when i awoke i felt a hand on my butt, touching it and my sweatpants were pulled down with my butt exposed. I was shocked to say the least & was at a loss as to what to say, so<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does anyone have any experience with Trichotillomania? (hair pulling)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:49:05 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi, well my daughter who is 10 now was diagnosed by her pedi of having trichotillomania, a disorder where she feels a strong urge to pull out her hair, it started a few years back with her eyelashes, we asked her why she had done it, we talked to her dr about it, and not much was done, they told us it was probably due to stress of the divorce and that she would hopefully grow out of it, well its been 3 years and shes pulled all of her eyebrows, eyelashes and now the top of her head! It is so disturbing to us, she does not have any worry in what people think and it doesnt bother her much. We t<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scared i'm going to be found out]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:22:26 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[my mom took me to the doctor's today because she was worried of my lack of energy. i was very nervous to go because i am pretty sure i am bulimic. i was supposed to fast that morning, but i took a vitamin so it would be harder to tell i had been purging. but then the doctor started talking about other tests besides the basic blood tests. the test she was talking about would be able to tell what i had been doing for the past week and would test my thyroid and metabolism. i'm really scared the doctor is going to be able to tell i am bulimic, and i'm not ready for it. it has really been botherin<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mom keeps yelling at me]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:06:40 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lately i haven't been leaving the house alot and i'm home alone most of the time. In the past three months i've only left the house for school and sports and that's all. I've never really liked to leave the house or go out and socialize, and this it actually quite normal. But lately my mom has been getting really mad at me and yelling at me that i need to leave the house. when she yells at me she really seems mad and it really scares me how mad she does get. I just really don't like leaving the house and i don't know why. is there something wrong with me? how can i deal with the situation wit<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My 27 year old daughter hates me and I  don't know why.]]></title>
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<comments>http://answers.psychcentral.com/ChildrenandParenting/my-27-year-old-daughter-hates-me-and-i-dont-know-why-/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:40:20 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I am 59 years old.  I have one daughter and i just don't know what else to do. her farther and I separated when she was 2 but we didn't actually file for divorce until she was 16.  We raised her together.  He never once missed a support payment and picked her up without fail Wednesdays and Saturdays for 18 years.  I always managed to live where she had her own room and she went to catholic school till 9th then to an all girls Catholic school then to a catholic college in the Bay area.  She graduated in 2007.  I have never had a boy or drug problem with her.  While I dated throughout her teen <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Evaluatian of parent and child]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:29:47 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi I am enrolling my son 13 years old into a new school.He is currently doing very bad with his marks at the current school,so now my goal as a parent is to find another school,to let him repeat grade 8,my amin aim is to change the area as well as the company,I strongly believe that this is the reason for his behaviour,My question now ,the school wants us both to go for assessments,should I be alarmed that this means there is really something wrong with my son for his grades that have gone down so badly,or is this just general procedures that a school needs to take?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ My 4 year old child chews on his clothing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:25:21 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ My four year old son has been chewing on His clothing, he has also been caught chewing on toy's too,this concerns me dearly he's almost outta shirts, Im wandering is this a nervice disorder or much worse<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Daughter still soils pants at age nine.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:47:46 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[My daughter still soils her pants at least twice a week, sometimes not every week.  We have tried using positive reinforcement, and it just doesn't work.  she still continues to soil her pants.  we have tried bigger rewards, and she will be able to do it for the time we alot...like for a week and she something she has been wanting for a long time.  She will hide all her underwear like she was embarrassed by it. even though we have never punished her for pooping her pants.  I am just besides myself cleaning out all her messy underwear and clothes.  I don't know what to do...Please help!<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My mother treats me like I'm the parent and uses her depression to manipulate me]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:16:53 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I apologize for this being so long but I *really* would appreciate some help with this.<br /><br />My mother has been depressed for as long as I can remember. I am an only child, so when  I was growing up we spent a lot of time together (my dad was working a lot). We were very close and had a lot of fun together, but even from a very young age I remember feeling like I was responsible for her. I felt like alll of her feelings hinged on me. If she was sad or upset about anything, including her relationship with my father, I felt like it was my job to fix it. When I couldn't, I used to feel guilty like<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Letting everyone down]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:37:54 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I feel like I'm letting my family down. Okay, let me explain. I'm pretty sure I'm bulimic and it makes me feel disgusting. I have recently gone from only purging once a day to up to three times a day once I found out I could make myself purge just by coughing. I feel like it has really gotten out of control, every moment of the day I'm thinking about food, my throat always hurts, and my hair is starting to fall out. I can't even eat one normal meal a day without throwing it back up, it sucks. <br />Okay, now to the part about letting down my family. I have two younger sisters that look up to me. <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[why do i crave attention from certain people?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:02:09 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[i am a very reserved person. i hate it when i have to go to family gatherings and other social outings. i hate it when i have to socialize and i hate being the center of attention. i don't have a close relationship with anyone in my family, meaning that i don't feel loved by anyone. recently i've been craving the attention of certain people,for example, my girl coaches and my younger girl teachers. i feel much closer to them than i do to my family, i feel like they care about me. i don't know why i want their attention so much. i just want them to hold me and ask me if everything is alright, <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why is my family so hateful and never makes an effort to try and be nice?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:05:13 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[So, a few months ago I was a very antisocial, hateful child in a very antisocial, hateful family. However, my family kept trying to change me to be nice and outgoing even when they weren't. I learned over the past few days, the everybody can change for the better in just a short amount of time. And, that most people can't see it, but theyu really need to change. I learned that everyone has many sides to them. A 1 sided person is very boring. I am discovering new sides of myself everyday. There are so many that  I have yet to discover either. Well, I recenty been very bright, very cheerful, ve<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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