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[quote=Anonymous]I have two children, ages 5 and 7. This year, I have been having difficulties with unexplained periods of distress and worry. My husband suggested I meet with a therapist, which I am currently doing.

One thing that came up, and seems to be something I haven't dealt with, happened in childhood. We were living in a flat in London while my dad finished his PhD. We had neighbors across the hall with an infant. When I was 7, I used to go over there frequently as the parents worked long hours, and weren't there. One morning, I came in and found the baby dead in the crib. Now I know it was neglect and disease. Soiled nappy, vomit on the sheet, and the the infant was rigid. Got my mom, she handed me off to my dad to go to the park, and we never talked about it. My brother was too young to understand what was going on.

It has stuck with me, and my therapist thinks that now that my oldest is 7, unresolved questions and guilt/pain are surfacing. I am working on it. I am putting this out there to see if others have issues that resurface later in life, without warning, that throw your world out of wack.

Perhaps time would have benefited me if I had processed it as a kid. I don't blame my parents. I don't know what I would have done as a parent, and that scares me. [/quote]

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