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How do I deal with this message sent to a friend from my teen?

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EstimationNavigation · 19/03/2019 18:06

Name changed as friends and family know my mumsnet user and I wouldn’t like them to see this if I’m honest.

I was doing a routine check on my daughters phone when I found this message to a close friend of hers , not sure what to do about it

‘ I don’t know what to do anymore , I feel so much like a disappointment and failure. I get good grades but others get better , I try to revise but I cant seem to motivate myself to do so and it’s the same with homework and I’m so thankful for you helping me with the hwk otherwise I’d have bucketloads more detentions. I never know what I, doing In lessons and feel stupid when I ask. I talk and talk and I don’t know why but it’s making me lose friends becUse they don’t want to listen when I call their name or their scared I will blab something. I sometimes am more interested in unscrewing my pen than listening to a test date and it’s killing me. Losing my phone , earpods, forgetting books and i hate myself for it. I don’t know what to do anymore because I feel like this horrible disrespectful kid because I shout out stupid comments and talk and never know what I’m doing and I’m not , I mean I know I’m only in year 7 but it hurts so much to think hardly any teachers like you and think your just a huge problem but I don’t mean to be. I’m sorry for ruining your learning , I don’t mean to and your my bets friend I’d never do it on purpose and I know you probs don’t care but I do. I need u to help me please , I can’t deal with this. I what kids and teachers to like me and not find me annoying . ThNks for everything you do for me , love you best friend

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EstimationNavigation · 25/03/2019 19:39

Ok thank you

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TinklyLittleLaugh · 25/03/2019 20:04

My DD1 is 23 and we have realised that she is textbook ADD. She has gone all the way through the school system being the girl who looks out of the window and doesn’t listen because basically words go in one ear and out the other: she needs to read or do something to absorb the information. She used to get told to stop writing and just pay attention when she found that writing notes helped as a strategy.

Because she’s pretty bright and because we sussed out where her strengths and weaknesses, on paper she’s done okay academically. She’s struggled at uni though without someone to help her organise.

She loses keys, phones, purses, forgets appointments, locks herself out, fails to back up work, fills forms out incorrectly and misses deadlines on a regular basis. She loses friends cos she pisses them off by being so scatty. She gets very fed up with herself and ashamed and anxious. And she went through a phase of taking a lot of drugs to feel better.

She is absolutely lovely and bubbly and chatty and has great people skills. I’m sure she’ll find her niche (probably something like sales).

I wish she’d had a diagnosis as a child though. It would have helped so much.

EstimationNavigation · 26/03/2019 17:51

Is textbook add the inattentive type ? I think instead of losing friends being scatty , my daughter loses friends talking too much

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