Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:55 am
I have always been a doormat I have 0 confidence or self esteem which I suspect has led to my anxiety, I also have social anxiety so you will see why this is such a big thing for me.
Basically my son (6) has been getting bullied by another older kid who lives in our housing estate, its been going on 6 months or more and the other child has managed to tunr all my sons little friends against him, it came to a head today when the bully pushed my child who fell over and hit is head on the road, my son came in crying.
I have a very bad temper as I'm sure alot of you with anxiety can relate to, so I went out to the bully and told him to come over to me, I want to ask him why he done it, he said no, I said well I will have to go down to your parents then, he said "You'll have to get through me first" I mean this child is 10, and he is talking like a 20 year old, he has no fear, So I went down to the parents, My heart was racing infact it was pounding, I went to the parents, and told them the problem calmly and without getting angry. The parents said "Oh I am so sorry and thank you for telling us, we really didn't know" I'm a guy as I say who has socialy anxiety, I can hardly more than say "Hi" to anyone but managed to do this. My parents never done anything like this for me, I was bullied, picked on put down and look at the way I have turned out, Have anxiety,depression,social anxiety which is why I wanted to do this for my son, But did I do the right thing? My wife isn't speaking to me, she is worried what the neighbours will think of us
Basically my son (6) has been getting bullied by another older kid who lives in our housing estate, its been going on 6 months or more and the other child has managed to tunr all my sons little friends against him, it came to a head today when the bully pushed my child who fell over and hit is head on the road, my son came in crying.
I have a very bad temper as I'm sure alot of you with anxiety can relate to, so I went out to the bully and told him to come over to me, I want to ask him why he done it, he said no, I said well I will have to go down to your parents then, he said "You'll have to get through me first" I mean this child is 10, and he is talking like a 20 year old, he has no fear, So I went down to the parents, My heart was racing infact it was pounding, I went to the parents, and told them the problem calmly and without getting angry. The parents said "Oh I am so sorry and thank you for telling us, we really didn't know" I'm a guy as I say who has socialy anxiety, I can hardly more than say "Hi" to anyone but managed to do this. My parents never done anything like this for me, I was bullied, picked on put down and look at the way I have turned out, Have anxiety,depression,social anxiety which is why I wanted to do this for my son, But did I do the right thing? My wife isn't speaking to me, she is worried what the neighbours will think of us
