I Don't Belong to Anyone Anymore!

[timmygrover]

We've got a standard family, husband and wife (I'm the husband) and we've got three daughters, aged 6, 4 and 2. My wife and I aren't sure what to think about some of the behavior of our middle daughter. She's always been the most easily upset of any of our kids, cried the most as a baby and so forth. As she's grown up she remained hyper sensitive. She'll often cry and say things like "no one loves me" and it just breaks our heart! We try to go out of our way to include her, but too often it's really hard not to.

So anyway, tonight, we all ended up in a really fun tickle-pig-pile fight while we were getting ready for bed and right in the middle of it she sneaked away and went downstairs to hide under the sink. When we found her I asked her why she was hiding and she said "I don't belong to anyone anymore" and she was so sad! I don't understand!

If anyone has any advice, I'd really appreciate it.

[CCTO]

We've got a standard family, husband and wife (I'm the husband) and we've got three daughters, aged 6, 4 and 2. My wife and I aren't sure what to think about some of the behavior of our middle daughter. She's always been the most easily upset of any of our kids, cried the most as a baby and so forth. As she's grown up she remained hyper sensitive. She'll often cry and say things like "no one loves me" and it just breaks our heart! We try to go out of our way to include her, but too often it's really hard not to.

So anyway, tonight, we all ended up in a really fun tickle-pig-pile fight while we were getting ready for bed and right in the middle of it she sneaked away and went downstairs to hide under the sink. When we found her I asked her why she was hiding and she said "I don't belong to anyone anymore" and she was so sad! I don't understand!

If anyone has any advice, I'd really appreciate it.

Ask your family doctor to refer you to a professional who's got experience recognizing signs of depression in early childhood.

And Google for "early childhood depression" or search for it on sites like webmd.

[pollack]

I think sometimes it's a matter of psychic with some children, as they just feel weird and disturbed for most of the time. Which could be treated by some proper treatment and care to improve his behavior and attitude. Which also is a type of personality disorder in some kids. But could be better with some time as they get little mature.