Going to a SN support group coffee morning today...

[Sgloop]

Scared!

RL people scare me.

Big room of strangers scare me.

That old niggling doubt of "its all in my head and DD is perfectly NT" - scares me!

Hoping they can give me some advice on where to go with the shoddy paed etc.

good luck we keep getting invited to them but its too long a bus journey for ds

you'll be fine x

Hope you enjoy it, ours was very helpful & supportive & actually a very small group & all equally as nervous at first.
Be brave & enjoy the biscuits

Ok, I am crap and backing out

In my defence, I am tired and slightly hysterical atm (antenatal depression) - I can't face this today. But I promise faithfully that I will go to the next one because you have all sold me on it being a very good thing to go to!

Have you got anyone that could go along with you?

Not today - I am thinking if I wait til next time I can bribe Psychomum to come

OK - but you've got to promise to go - no excuses now

sgloop...if you go to yours...i'll go to one near me . I keep making excuses (to myself)that it's so far and i don't drive ..blah..blah blah..when really it's because i am just a bit nervous about it all.

I promise I will go to the next one. You can all beat me if not.

Sgloop, Please Please go - you will almost certainly not be the only one with depression - and all those other "scary" parents are just as nervous as you!

I hated going to the support groups at first but have made some really good friends through them. I'm not really a support group sort of person - now I meet up with the friends I've made but don't go to the groups any more.

Why not turn up late - then you don't have to stay the whole time but can still get the measure of the place.

OK I'll stop bullying now, can you do something nice for you today instead?

anon - we all do need a bit of coercion/bullying now and then, don't we? My sis does that to me and I hate it at the time but know underneath that she's usually right!

I am not going today - that much I am sure of, but I am determined to go to the next one (I hav ea whole list of them here).

Going to go curl up with my book while DS is a nursery.

Do go next time. I hate meeting new people, but I braved our local NAS branch and it was ok. It has become a lifeline. I think SN parents in RL are usually every bit as friendly as the people on the SN board.

Hi Sgloop!

Going into a room of women/mothers scares the cr*p out of me, whether it be be SN or NT group!

I too have the niggle - "She's NT really, why can't they see it?".

I did feel more at ease with the SN group (2x DD NT, 1x DD SN) - nobody poo-poo'd me when I burst into tears during the first few weeks.

I had a cuppa (no biscuits tho!) and a chat and only stayed for half the session (after feeling embarrassed about my outburst).

But I went again the next week, etc, etc.

It gave me the confidence to (eventually) start going back to NT group.

I told myself - that most Mums probably feel the same when they first attend any mum/child group.

Bite the biscuit and do it!
Good Luck.