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[quote=Anonymous]Looking back at the acute phase of our child's SN journey, I absolutely had PTSD. Terrible nightmares where I was getting into car accidents, drowning, feeling like I was floating out of my body and viewing myself from above. I had to run an errand near the ER where we took DC and I had a panic attack and had to pull the car over and call DH to come get me. Sometimes I have moments where everything is normal and peaceful and it seems like a voice is speaking to me saying "this will end," because I know with DC's issues it inevitably will. We feel more capable of managing it now but it is a very, very hard path and it is hard to observe families with typical children without feeling a pang of...something.

I also go through periods where I wonder if I should have chosen not to be a parent, or if it was selfish for me to want a second child (DC2 is the one with SNs). Most days feel like an existential crisis of some sort or another, even the good days.

On the upside, the empathy I have for ALL parents is just beyond compare. So I send everyone love and support.[/quote]

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