is this wrong ??

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is this wrong ??
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Thu, 02-28-2008 - 2:04pm

a couple of days ago, my daughter started having one of her anxiety/panic attack meltdown thingys (haha as u can see i have no clue what to call them).. anywho, i knew we'd be starting with the new psychologist soon and i thought i better get this on film so someone will finally see what im talking about.. SO I got about 15 mins worth of footage, its mostly Rylee panicing over what color to choose to paint with (its actually painful to watch her struggle so hard), but u see her come out of it and shes almost like a different child..


so my question is, do u think it is wrong for us to share this video with family members who still dont seem to get what we deal with ?? im not trying to make them feel bad or anything i just need them to understand the severity of what we deal with day in and day out.


all opinions appreciated!!

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Thu, 02-28-2008 - 2:46pm
I don't think that is a bad idea. I think as long as you tell them that you just want they to see. Not even understand, b/c they can't. But that you are also not trying to make them feel bad. It is just for an informative purpose. JMO


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Thu, 02-28-2008 - 2:50pm
I don't think its wrong at all!!!
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Thu, 02-28-2008 - 5:07pm

I wish I could show my family what we go through.

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Thu, 02-28-2008 - 5:11pm
thanks to everyone!! your comments have given me the added boost i needed to share this with family.. i hope no one tries to act like its no big deal because i swear i may hurt someone! haha

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Thu, 02-28-2008 - 5:15pm

Remember, though, there will still be non-believers and those with little compassion.

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Thu, 02-28-2008 - 11:46pm

I would just second the pp--
Your DD is still young enough that tantrums are considered normal in typically developing children and while I haven't seen the video, I could imagine that even a serious tantrum, to the untrained (and unwilling) eye, might look like a normal little kid meltdown. Hopefully it will help get the message across, though!

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Fri, 02-29-2008 - 10:45am
this isnt a tantrum at all.. we wee painting, she asked for a certain color so i opened the lid, then she started freaking out saying another color so i would close the lid and choose the nexxt color she said it just went on and on. that is clearly anxiety! im trying to get the video on utube would love to share it with u all!

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Fri, 02-29-2008 - 6:06pm
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Fri, 02-29-2008 - 8:51pm
hey thanks so much ginny , gonna look into that right now ;)

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Sat, 03-01-2008 - 10:33am

Ginny, thanks for the tip on that dvd thing. I have so many it would be good to do that.

Amy, even if just for the sake of myself to see the progress my kids have made, I am often disappointed that I never did video tape those kinds of episodes. In fact we would cut those out on purpose. We spent so much time video-ing for inlaws that lived across country at that time. I can now tell when the tantrums started because we would suddenly stop filming. I made my DH edit them ALL out.

Now that my kids are significantly older I have been asked at times if I have such videos for educational purposes or even to note progress. I don't. I wish I did.

I also wish I would have taped them for diagnostic purposes at the time. Not sure it would have made things faster but I think it would have helped.

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