Hi Everyone,
im new here and glad I’ve found this forum as feeling alone and very much lost with helping my daughter. She is 15, suffers with anxiety and depression and has shown many autistic traits for years. She masked this at school and as a result Camhs decided to stop assessment for autism. They have decided now to start again as now she isn’t coping with school, or life in general. I’ve left work to support her, I have no other help and couldn’t be there for her when she couldn’t manage school. I’m public enemy number one when she has a meltdown and I’m struggling to know how to help her. while she appears “normal” to most people, home life is very different. She can’t make a decision, she can’t voice her feelings, she can’t engage in talking therapies, she can’t listen to me because I make her worse especially during crisis, she can’t bear me to hug her or try and be supportive and I know she feels very alone. I don’t know how to help her, her mental health is terrible, Camhs are addressing this but because she won’t talk there’s not much they can do apart from medication. I would love to hear from others with teenagers in a similar position, Thankyou for reading :-)
