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DS (17) very unhappy and lonely

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innerturmoil · 07/09/2022 11:20

So I'm really at a loss as to how to help my son. He is just going into U6 and has become very miserable and unmotivated. He's always been introverted and will start a club only to get disinterested after a few terms. He is desperate to have proper friends but finds it very hard to make new friends (particularly after being bullied in year 8 and 9 - thinks everyone still thinks he's an idiot). But he's just not happy at all. I've suggested lots of things and none of them he feels he can do. Someone in his year took their own life recently and I think this has had an impact even though he was not close. He did go and talk to the GP and that chat was OK apparently but the next day, despite hanging out with one friend after school he just felt really down again. He spends a lot of time gaming of course, or working out in his room. He's desperate for a close friend but doesn't know how to reach out and start making connections. I'm pretty sure he is low level ASD but never enough to get it diagnosed. Any suggestions for how to improve his well being gladly received. (I have 2 DDs who love him but are so different to him and find it hard to connect with him).

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Eyesopenwideawake · 07/09/2022 16:44

There are colleagues of mine in the UK who specialise in working with children and teens - www.thecontrolsystem.co.uk/ - all do free and confidential initial conversations with the parents.

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