My 14 year old daughter is making me ill.
I need some ideas/suggestions on how to manage my mental health and wellbeing and try and understand why my daughter is behaving in this way. It simply can't continue as it is.
I never expected to be in this position. She has had a good childhood.
She has ASD. That is not the cause or the reason behind ALL of her appalling behaviour.
She acts like a toddler, testing boundaries and having temper tantrums. Although, when she was a toddler, never did this. She was compliant and amenable. It is almost like she is regressing rather than maturing.
She is rude, unkind, physically and verbally abusive at home and at school.
She has been suspended again today for two days for being uncooperative and rude to staff.
I feel almost numb today, I have never told anyone how I feel about this as I am so embarrassed and ashamed of how she behaves and of some of things she has done. I know she will be judged even more and I just can't stand it.
I wonder if talking to a counsellor and telling them everything would help me.
My daughter has counsellors inside and outside of school, support workers a wellbeing officer and a supportive family.
The rest of the household have nothing.