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Secondary Students : Health Problems and How To Deal With Them (Secondary schools) : Problems and advice
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I'm being made to feel bad about myself.
Which of the following is true?
I feel very criticised at home. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Click to select
My mum or dad is pleasant one minute, and hostile the next. Their unpredictability is very hard to handle, and I don't know what to expect from one moment to the next. Click to select
I'm having a really bad time at home - I'm criticised, punished and made to feel very bad about myself, for no good reason. It's affecting my confidence. I feel as though I must be a bad person and must deserve this harshness. It's the only way to make sense of this nightmare. Click to select
My parent is depressed and tearful most of the time, and sometimes very impatient and angry with me. We don't do things together and I feel unloved. Click to select
My parent is drinking a lot of alcohol and/or abusing drugs, often getting drunk or intoxicated. Sometimes he/she:
  • develops slurred speech
  • becomes un-coordinated, losing balance and falling over
  • crashes out and goes to sleep during the day
  • drives a car while in an intoxicated state.
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