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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. So I told my husband about what happened (after kids went to sleep), and he was more concerned about me.  My 8yo actually pleaded with me NOT to tell my husband.  I AM concerned about her, I think after she realized the seriousness of what had happened, she was traumatized and very upset with herself that she had royally messed up.

Apparently she didn't see the part where I passed out.  Either she didn't think I was really unconscious, or she didn't know what me being unconscious really meant and that it was an actual emergency. I don't want her to blame herself, I want to make sure she knows what to do in these situations.

Same with my 5yo, but he seems to be actively avoiding talking about what happened, so I am having trouble getting through to him.  The whole thing was kind of scary - to me, and I'm sure to my kids.  I believe my 5yo has some anxiety issues too - we've actually had a few losses in our family not too long ago, and he did recently go through a stage where he was very anxious about dying - for himself and for us, and asking a million questions about what happens after you die.  So I'm wondering if the reality of the situation is just too scary for him to really process.

I can't help feeling like my connection to my kids was affected.  If they were adults and reacted the way they did, I'd be furious and would feel like I couldn't trust them.  But they are kids, and rationally I know that, but still it brings me to tears knowing that they reacted the way that they did.  I'm trying to get some perspective here because I know I'm emotional and not thinking rationally.  But some of you have said out loud the things I've thought - that they must be broken somehow, that maybe I have failed them in that I haven't been able to teach them to be basic decent human beings.  [b]I still haven't been able to bring myself to hug my 5yo after the incident.[/b]  I think I'm still processing it all myself.[/quote]

JFC Christ, lady.  I'm speechless.[/quote]

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