I have 2 kids. One is super positive, balanced, emotionally intelligent. The elder is highly strung, anxious, very wired, very emotional - when he's up he's very up but mostly he's very down.
Teen years are kicking in and the downs are bigger, more frequent, more dramatic and dominating the daily family mood. The rest of us can wake up on great form and find down to my son in a thunderous mood and it affects us all and often heads to arguments. My younger gets stuck with less attention, having to fit in and even be peacemaker. With hindsight that was precisely my role as a child too so it extra bothers me.
I'm increasingly losing my patience - I used ti have so very much more - and temper as my eldest is now old enough to be more considerate and self aware. I really am at my wits end.
Can anyone help with tips or even just empathy abs support. Please be kind. I am self criticising enough for this whole group already. I feel like a failure that I can't just fix, improve or simply diffuse things abs fear it's getting worse. It's really affecting me and that surely isn't helping too.
Thank you.