Be careful with the line of thinking that your child is feigning mental illness. My mom had the same "you are who you hangout with" mentality until I lost a friend to suicide. I didn't get help with my health until adulthood and I have thrived since.
Be careful with the line of thinking that your child is feigning mental illness. My mom had the same "you are who you hangout with" mentality until I lost a friend to suicide. I didn't get help with my health until adulthood and I have thrived since.
I can say the number of college kids claiming to have ADHD after the ADA mandate of reasonable accommodations sure seemed to go up. It went through between my undergrad and grad school years.
But too much accommodation and people don't learn coping skills.
Be careful with the line of thinking that your child is feigning mental illness. My mom had the same "you are who you hangout with" mentality until I lost a friend to suicide. I didn't get help with my health until adulthood and I have thrived since.
I can say the number of college kids claiming to have ADHD after the ADA mandate of reasonable accommodations sure seemed to go up. It went through between my undergrad and grad school years.
But too much accommodation and people don't learn coping skills.