The Anxiety is Killing Me!

Now I’m confused.

If this is the case why did you even mention the cereal thing as an issue in your OP? When you say, “Sometimes my son eats cereal in his sack lunch because I couldn’t make it to the store” that reads as though you are ashamed of this and that you only do so because you literally have no other food to send with him to school. If this is a normal thing and he gets plenty of other food along with cereal what were you so upset about?

That opens up some questions about the rest of your OP. When you said, “I can’t take my son out as much as I want to. I can’t take him to birthday parties every weekend because there are other parents there and I’m soooo anxious all week that on the weekends I need to crawl into bed where it’s safe.” I read that as you literally spend two days not leaving your bed except to go to the bathroom. If that isn’t true and you’re just a homebody then why is it an issue, especially if you are taking him out every Friday night?

When you said, "I spent most of 2011 in my house. I didn’t have a job - couldn’t find one til August. We had a hard time eating and my dad had to give me rent money several times " I read that as you literally only left you house a handful of times over an 8 month period. I also connected this to the cereal issue you mentioned since you say getting enough food was difficult. Together this sounds like your son is undernourished and has been for more than a year. You’ve since stated that is not the case so then why did you mention it if it isn’t a problem?

If you were just upset when you posted and virtually wailing and gnashing your teeth that’s fine, I get that. If you don’t state up front that you are being hyperbolic though that creates a problem because most people reading this will assume you actually meant what you said and tell you that your son might be better off elsewhere. Not everyone is comfortable offering huggles to someone that they think might be hurting their kid, no matter how unintentional the harm might be.