my 19dd daughter stopped by last night for a visit. She was in the 'wind-up' talking mode. The highlights of this conversation were:
She is seeing a counselor
(OK she is ordered to by the school but she could have opted to drop out of school too to avoid)
She (mydd) thinks she might be bi-polar or have multiple personalities (I suggested maybe BPD which she has not heard of) She explained how she keeps different names and has different personalities for them which she cannot control and recently a new friend mispronounced her name and it made her mad because she realized she did not know how to "act" or "who to be " with that name.
She talked about extreme moods coming on in waves which she cannot stop
The down is she feels unsafe revealing this to the counselor. She admitted she only goes surface.
She feels paranoid the school staff is casing her so she wont reveal too much.
But it was AWESOME... . I provided SET... Encouraged her addressing just one issue with the counselor. She even engaged in role-modeling for her next session.
Gotta love these tiny rays of sunshine!