Today we are switching gears and doing a case consult. We have been breaking down the over achievers, the over productive but under feelers and today we are going to look at a case of under functioning. The people that are stuck in the freeze and have difficulty motivating. A case of a patient thriving and over achieving to under achieving and doing the bare minimum.
Today our case study is an adolescent male late teens. A parent that has used love and logic parenting style. This patient was independent and needed little to no prompts to complete daily chores, schoolwork and daily task. A kid that went with the flow has a high IQ, good grades, funny, easy going, a very likable young man coming from a 2 parent household with an active social life, no substance abuse history or mental health diagnosis.
Sounds easy until it was not a switch flipped and motivation to complete work decreased, agitation increased, defiance increased and the parents did not recognize this kid. Should they continue the Love & Logic parenting style, is it depression and do the parents need to switch gears and be more active or allow natural consequences to unravel his last 13 years of school high gpa to plummeting gpa when stakes are high with college admittances and scholarships at stake.
How do they best support their son and what is best for him? How do we support the parents through this process bc it is painful.
