Relly02Casual Contributor
Teen self harm and suicidal
Hello,
My teen has for the last 12 months been on a very tough journey. A little back story of the last 12 months is we lost my mother and father only 5 weeks apart mid last year. I was a young mum so my parents spent a lot of time helping to take care of her. A couple of weeks after losing her grandparents she lost a friend to suicide and her great grandmother. Towards the end of last year she decided to stop playing sport which was a shock to all of us as she had played and lived it for the last 5 years and had only just came back from a college tour of the USA. Not long after returning from that trip she spoke to us about her gender identity. She is currently seeing a gender clinic and looking to start therepy. She has been diagnosed with gender Dysphoria. Early this year her first GF broke up with her and that’s when I noticed the self harming increase. We’ve had endless emergency visits after self harming. We have also had 2 suicide attempts in the last 2 months and this week I have found out we are dealing with restrictive eating. Her thoughts are constantly negative and she thinks she is a burden on her family and friends. We remind her every day that she is loved and her entire family support her. This week I had a breakdown and could not stop crying, could not eat and could not turn off the constant thoughts of my beautiful child going through so much pain and suffering. She currently sees a psychologist with CYMHS and has had 2 inpatient stays due to safety. She sees a psychiatrist, music therapist and her usual treating team. This week she has dropped out of school. It all became to much due to the workload missed from hospital admissions and her school reducing her timetable. I’m at a complete lost as what we can do to support her more. I’m currently looking at a private admission into an emotional unit for her. Somewhere that can give her the skills to better cope with the stressors of life. It would give us, her family a rest as we are on high alert 24/7 and it’s taking its toll on all of us. Has anyone been through anything similar? How did you cope and manage? Thank you for reading.
