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My son would rather die than go back to school. What did we do wrong?
Hypervigilance is a symptom that could lead to alcohol abuse as the patient is constantly on the lookout for a repeat of the trauma. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK
My son was suspended from school for allegedly leading a strike. He says he would rather die than go back to school. What did we do wrong?
Starting from the beginning, neither you nor his mother probably did anything wrong, and in all probability, we are here dealing with depression in adolescence, a common condition often missed by parents and teachers with each blaming the other for failing the child in some unspecified way.
