Sinead O'Connor Explains 'Suicidal' Tweets, Difficulties With Son

Sinead - you were born with an incredible gift of a beautiful voice and talent. That doesn't mean you are not still human and can suffer from the same stressors as the rest of us and then add mental illness into the mix. May you find peace, and know that many are praying for you to find that peace. Motherhood is very tough,I know as a working mother of identical twin girls...the first few years were very stressful, no sleep, and I remember screaming at them to go to sleep I was so exhausted...and then feeling completely guilty of being a horrible mother. You must first take care of yourself...before you can take care of others.

Wah! Take it from a single mother....the kid is only 6? Wait a few years; you don't even know the meaning of difficult until you raise a teen. Get into a parenting program now Sinead. Forewarned is Forearmed.

"For me, suicide is one of the most selfish acts a person can do. You may as well murder your whole family," she said.

**** With this along with the suicidal twitters should be enough for the kids to be taken away and get her tested.....Who says that ?.....

However she does it: counseling, with or without meds or group therapy, finding God, or however, she does need help now. I gather from the article she has other children, I don't know how old they are but if the acting out of her 6 year old is driving her to verbal suicide, how is she going to cope when he hits puberty?

By saying she would welcome social service into her life and asking them for advice, she is saying she still needs help & the frustration level as a mother has not decreased. They really should step in & take that kid from her before she ends up hurting or killing him. Don't wait till its too late cuz I'll be the first one to say, "I told you so". Mothers like her snap all the time & she sounds like she's on the verge, begging for attention/help. Don't put her son at risk just because she's a "celebrity".

emotional diarrhea....LMAO...diarrhea, cha-cha-cha

I just have to say, to those of you that are giving Sinead a hard time about her case of "emotional diarrhea "..... You obviously don't know what it's like to be a single parent and all the emotional pressure it puts on a person. And for her to be Bipolar as well can make being a single parent even more difficult. "Emotional Diarrhea" as she calls it is a way to express what you are feeling no matter where or to who she expresses those feelings. By tweeting them it was in a way a cry for help, in hopes that someone would step in and offer her addvice or some emotional support. I have done the same thing on occasion when I am feeling overwhelmed, and it is a release some times a very much needed one at that. It is better that she tweeted what she was feeling rather than bottle it up then take it out on her child.

You may want to think of getting a mentor for you child if he is lacking a male role model. Big Brothers/ Big Sisters is a great program which you yourself can screen the volunteers. My son has one and he is great with him. That would at least take some stress and guilty feelings away. Another thing, you may need help, but asking social services to step in isn't always the answer. They may be more interested in getting your son out of your home than trying to help you. If anything speak to counselors and psychologists to help you find other ways of releasing your stress and understanding your underlying problems.

YES, perhaps suicide is selfish Sinead...but so is ranting about your personal life on a public forum to get attention.

PLEASE don't do anything so rash. You must think of Shane. Life is hard and raising a child especially for a single mother but you'll get through. GOOD LUCK!!!