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Medicine would be a great route. SSRIs works for me and keep the mean thoughts silent, so it's a huge relief. It was the first time I ever took a prescription for depression and it made functioning sooo much easier. It also caused me to feel less mad because I wasn't sad or frustrated all the time.
I would deff work on getting medicine and therapy first. :)
If you can understand to like yourself and be kind to yourself it would be a HUGE first step to relaxing. It's difficult, I hate myself sometimes for no reason. But I would save telling people youre autistic for later on down the road. I would personally advise against it since there are more important problems to handle besides shitty people.
I have some books I could mail you. I bought them to work through my depression but never used them. I believe this is the book. If you want it, I can mail it to you :)
Your #2 is getting toward Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which I always recommend for people with generalized anxiety. It focuses on recognizing the anxious thoughts and accepting them as the product of your anxiety (to vastly oversimplify). You can learn/practice CBT with a traditional therapist, or on your own with books, podcasts, probably some Youtube videos. For instance, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry
Good luck!
"What happened to you ?" : The neurosequence perspectives in this book was like a balm to me. https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-Conversations-Resilience/dp/B08PW4Q284/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BVCSVSSUIW0N&keywords=what+happened+to+you&qid=1655055561&sprefix=what+happened+to+you%2Caps%2C302&sr=8-1
Trust this helps all of you.
As a starting point, I find “Handbooks” the most useful starting point. It avoids pop psychology pitfalls (though they can provide useful frameworks for applied approaches).
As an example for Attachment, take a look at this one for example:
https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Attachment-Third-Research-Applications/dp/1462525296
I’ve got the second edition and refer to it quite often. Can only imagine the third edition is even better.
Hope this is useful. Good luck!!
It sounds primarily like childhood trauma to me. Childhood trauma changes the way that your brain works and the connections it makes. There have been a lot of studies about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and the long term affects of it.
Children process trauma in a different way than adults. Kids who have experienced trauma sometimes act out and act erratically. Children (and adults) don’t always have the skills to process what they have been through.
It might be helpful to look into books on trauma and to talk to a therapist. The book What Happened to You is well written and talks about trauma and resilience.
I feel you ...
I dont know how else to help you other than some inspirational tools and books I have read which have personally helped me heal...Here is one
... It helped me map some of the episode sequence which left the
invisible wounds... As they say the first step is to "Touch the Wound"
before you can "Heal the wound"
I believe the do better collective has some CEUs on ODD.
is a good book.
I would also look into research by Jeffery Danforth. A good reference is Parent Training for Families of Children with Comorbid ADHD and ODD, 2006.
CBT was immensely helpful combatting my overthinking, negative cycles, and rumination.
I read this book Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies For Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, And Worry https://www.amazon.com/dp/1939754852/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_uHaau1jBvynC5 and it was a very easy read. I’m not perfect at catching myself and breaking the cycle but I definitely can do it more often now. It was worth the read
Hi there! Let me start off by saying I’m so sorry your supervisor has been saying such terrible things about you! You literally just started. Working residential is really difficult and such an adjustment. I was a clinical intern at a res facility for teenage girls last year, and holy smokes it was quite an adjustment. I agree with the others that a fair but firm approach is the best way. Most of the kiddos have been through so much and often act out because they want connection, their basic needs met, or some sort of containment since they don’t know how to draw boundaries themselves. My facility used the ARC framework, which is the only EBP for res facilities. I learned a lot through my training on ARC and was eventually far better at building rapport with the kids and also earning their respect. Here’s the official ARC website: https://arcframework.org/what-is-arc/ Here’s the ARC manual: Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition: How to Foster Resilience through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency https://www.amazon.com/dp/1462537049/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_E4RS539P45F9YCY3EDY9
Also if your agency doesn’t already use ProAct for crisis deescalation, I highly recommend it. I use the crisis intervention skills a ton.
Hang in there, you're already doing great getting to this position in a very slow system. Start learning CBT yourself! Try this book from Amazon and see if it helps: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1939754852/
Cardio (treats depression, anxiety and insomnia). Self help cognitive behavioral therapy (prevents depression, anxiety and insomnia).
Like this for example
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1939754852/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glc_i_PM98DRVT7XCGTH9A4DFB
There’s a book you may get a whole lot out of- Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition: How to Foster Resilience through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency https://www.amazon.com/dp/1462537049/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_ocS4FbYZ8ZMB1
There is an older edition that may be cheaper. It’s made for clinicians but parents can get a lot out of it too. Much of the language is for foster care kids but it works very well with kids with birth mother trauma. Hang in there- this is tough work but it can be turned around.
Thorough the lens of trauma, this behavior makes sense. She’s young enough to turn it around with the right help. But be sure to take time and space for yourself, too.
I hope it helps to know that this is so common that there is an entire field of techniques to help with it. It's not just you or me, a LOT of people feel this way and end up feeling sad, anxious, or angry because of how they interoperate things from other people or the world in general. It is really really good to be able to say to yourself "well, this thing happened, but that does not mean I need to get sad or angry as a result."
This is my favorite
https://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Behavioral-Therapy-Made-Simple/dp/1939754852
Glad to help.
When I was studying CBT, I found that the books that gave anecdotes from patients to be helpful. It helped me learn that I wasn't alone with the feelings I was having.
I tried this book, but I didn't care much for it. I'm a bit intellectual, and the writing felt kinda dumbbed down to me.
I read this book, it was good an bad. It's more of a training manual for therapists, but the writing was to my liking.
I don't exercise as much as I should. It's the sort of thing that you need to make into a routine. Force yourself to do it 3 times a week, for a month. Once it's a habit, you will feel off if you don't do it.
Also, be careful with weed if you do give it a try. It's a mood amplifier. It's great when you're in a great mood, but terrible when you're not. and as with any drug, learn the dosage/usage instructions, the side effects, and contraindications (which things not to mix it with)
I recommend a sativa heavy strain. Avoid anything where users have reported "couch lock". Check leafly.com
That's because it's a practice shows changes as a daily habit, over time. Couple it with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (I got this one from Amazon) and you have a recipe for slowly changing your pattern of thoughts. If you don't like seating and breathing try journaling. You can write down how you feel about yourself each day and then challenge those thoughts with evidence.
No matter how you go about it your task is to (like I said in my previous comment, read about how neuroplasticity works) replace the overused go-to negative pattern of thoughts with a new set. It takes time so you have to make it a habit but you will feel changes if you stick to it.
A quick run through the internet turned up this youtube channel. Looks like lady is an LCSW and she has playlists of a lot of different therapy technique. I scrubbed through them but she seems to be doing a good job of explaining it to laypeople and she has a playlist specifically for CBT but also playlists for other therapy techniques.
This workbook looks to be pretty simple, and searching "cognitive behavioral therapy" on amazon brought up a TON of workbooks, for everything from depression to addiction to trauma, etc. I especially like that you ordinarily can look inside the workbook before buying it.
> Compounds containing mercury are entirely different than elemental mercury.
“I don’t know why they still give it [flu shots with Thimerosal] to pregnant women—that’s the last person I would give mercury to . . . Thimerosal causes tics . . . do you think a pregnant mother would take a vaccine that they knew caused tics? . . . Absolutely not! I would never give my wife a vaccine that I thought caused tics.”
—DR. WILLIAM THOMPSON, CDC senior scientist, author of multiple studies used to claim Thimerosal is safe, recorded phone conversation with Dr. Brian Hooker, May 8, 2014"
> The scientific consensus is: "experiments do not provide evidence of a relationship between vaccines or thimerosal and autism."
"This book nullifies the government’s claims that “vaccines are safe and effective,” and reveals that the government rigged research to cover up the link between vaccines and autism. Scientific truth and the health of American children have been compromised to protect the vaccine program and the pharmaceutical industry."
We are about to kick start ABA and I will provide feedback if and when we reach or not reach any milestones. Our son also apparently has HFA and is very smart when it comes to 'doing stuff' (helping us dress him, figuring out puzzles, stacking toys, navigating ipad, opening doors etc) but does not speak a single word other than "gooo" (we think he says this for 'good' as we keep telling him good boy a lot) and does not interact much with other kids.
There were two books that were recommended to us and I got them but scared to even touch them because they are like medical school textbooks: