I’m struggling with my daughter at the moment she is 17, she is having a difficult time socially at the moment. So she has been up and down with her moods, tonight she is crying in her room, won’t eat dinner and told me she doesn’t want to talk. My daughter has had lots of ups and downs, often bullied during primary years, friends that end up doing the wrong thing to her, so many things, basically if anything would go wrong it has gone wrong for her as a kid in school. Fast forward to year 11 and she struggles to maintain friendships because she always feels like friends are going to leave her, she worries no one will ever want to be her friend. She has always been pretty good at school education wise but this year she is not doing so well but she is still trying. I’m sorry this sounds like ramble, it’s because I don’t know where to start. Firstly I wanted to know is 17 to old to be having moodiness? For example Saturday morning she was happy Saturday night upset irritated, Sunday angry and annoyed Monday sad but happy and we had laughs, today crying and not talking, is this normal? Also I struggle to see my way through this, I worry constantly she will have problems as an adult, and that I have done something wrong as a parent, how do I stop feeling like this? Im terrible at just leaving her be, I worry so much, I find lots of random reasons to go to her room, I’m surprised she doesn’t throw a cup at me ha ha, it would annoy me if someone did it to me but I just worry so much. How do I cut off from worrying so much about her? secondly is it normal for a 17 year old to struggle with friendships? she has had some counseling this year over her worries and these helped, the psychologist said she has no real issues just worries, teenage things so I don’t think it’s mental health related. Any advice please, any hints or tips, anyone else have a daughter like this?
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