Exhausted with constant drama!

[loveyoutothemoon]

I know it's how you deal with things that matter and makes a difference but bloody hell I'm drained from being a mother of teens!

For years there's always been something to deal with whether it's with own kids or other kids (this is a major problem and most of the problems). Most of it just teenage stuff but also serious stuff, it's just never ending.

I love my kids so much. It just seems like a constant, never ending, drain on life!

Oh God I hear you @loveyoutothemoon!
I'm currently on the sofa trying to get some rest before the next drama starts!

Long may it last @PritiPatelsMaker. I want my own life back! I know it's tough for them but it affects everyone doesn't it?

As a friend said to me - you don’t need to ride the rollercoaster with them! But I’m constantly a passenger and it’s exhausting.

@HomemadePickle exactly! Front seat passenger.

It's the last long haul. They do eventually come out the other side.

That's what I keep thinking and then something else happens!

Same over here! Sometimes we have a few days of calm but I'm on edge waiting for it to all blow up again. 18 yr old is out the other side. 15 yr old, right in it and it's hard bloody work.

Oh I hear you, feel like I have been doing this for a long time and it is emotionally draining. But I also remember it from the other side, I was a drama llama myself!

Same here, 13 yr old DS is in full teenagedon and it's a constant struggle. Solidarity, comrades!

I'm the same Jam. 18 yo is almost drama free keeps fingers firmly crossed but my, the 15 year old!

Me and DH saw a small girl having a full blown tantrum in the street. Me and DH had a little chuckle to ourselves and said "oh god, wait until she's 15!"

Same!! The drama is absolutely mind blowing! I tend to take on my teens’ emotions as well and I have days where I swear that I’m the one in the situation, and not them. Gotta try to step back a bit and wait for it all to blow over…which it inevitably does but my goodness….

Just come back to the thread, thank you for all the replies. Yes I totally agree that we take on their emotions. I try and be a support, it's hard not to get angry about the people that upset them.

Same here, sick of it all. DD 18 has some mental health issues but was doing so well for ages but now she wants to go back to her old job and wants her old boyfriend back even though she blanked him for months. the drama is so intense at times. Never seems to learn from her mistakes.

I have a sharer and a non sharer. It’s lovely that they communicate but I feel I go through the sharer’s friendship ups and downs myself as well. Is Phoebe in a mood? If so why?