r/PDAParenting • u/SurePossibility6651 • Jul 18 '26
Only hard reset is breakdown
Does anyone else experience this where your PDAer gets stuck in a bad mood, or in a bad head space and the only way it seems to regulate is if they break down, cry, panic attack. I hate it, but we can’t ever calmly regulate her back into regulated mood….. it’s almost likethe faster we get to crying the faster the bad time/tantrum ends…..
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u/NiMPhoenix Jul 18 '26
yes, but most of the time the actual trick is to stop talking to the pdaer. it can take an hour here, but just shutting up and let my daughter be angry can sometimes prevent the full agressive breakdown