As things have settled down and their step father went to Darwin for three months last year, I’ve been working more on my own health. a week before my 39th birthday:- I quit smoking I started drinking 2-3 litres of water a day I started going to the gym every day to do a 1 … Continue reading
Category Archives: History
Hypergraphia
A sure fire sign of mania since infancy, we have seen walls, furniture, clothing, refrigerators and children scrawled with drawings and letters even as a toddler it was more letter like than drawing. bipolar 101 explains their own experience of hypergraphia People are thinking, cogs are turning, the next step is being planned… Is this … Continue reading
It’s not over yet but I see the light!
At the end of a very long tunnel. She finally returned to school today and everything seemed to go well although tomorrow she has Vcal again and that will be the real test. It had taken 2 weeks for a meeting to be arranged. The education department was in attendence and backed us up, repeatedly … Continue reading
It’s not a joke
Came across this just a moment ago…. And this is why I love dadmin of Dad Jokes Australia so much for the efforts they go to to keep it clean Because it’s not a joke. My 16 yo was sexually harassed at TAFE when only 15. We dealt with it we know how, their Father … Continue reading
The down hill slide
Increasingly in recent weeks there has been less bounce to her step. Even extending to something more akin to a slow commando crawl…. I suspect we are for the first time seeing her experience a depressive episode without the waters muddied by agitation and aggression. This is thanks to her meds that the waters are … Continue reading
Family Court, Child Protection, what do they have to do with protecting YOUR children?
Absolutely Nothing in the first instance of discovery of abuse and that is the God awful truth. Simply don’t take it there until investigations have completed, it isn’t what they deal with. Few if any agencies will actually inform parents of this fact, it is assumed by all that parents already know that it is … Continue reading
Planning to learn
Yesterday with the help of a generous dose of pain medications I managed to attend a meeting with their schools vice principal, principal, welfare officer and my 16 yo it was a strategy meeting. 2 weeks ago when we scheduled the meeting, I word vomited into an email my blog posts are often enough word … Continue reading
It begins.
We are now a few weeks into the school term cracks are well and truly beginning to show. They are aggravating each other, arguments are becoming an afternoon thing. Nothing of the scale we have seen in the past but it is a sign of the underlying stress that the school routine brings. They … Continue reading
Damage control
Only a couple of weeks into the school term and her older sister is feeling the pinch of VCE even though she is long discharged from Camhs I contacted them and discussed the situation along with contacting a few other resources. We are going to put a helping hand in place to visit her at … Continue reading
Chinese Whispers and Rumour stop Connection
You can’t yell at someone over and over again when there’s an intervention order – SIMPLE You can’t drive past a few times a day, stalk, and tell your kids your mums the reason you are going to jail, coz that’s the reason , right there – it means stay away, nearly a year of … Continue reading
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