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Did raising a difficult child completely skew your emotional reponses?
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 485256"><p>Great thread... I just had the chance to read through it all. What we are all talking about are responses to trauma... and some of us, maybe all of us, dealing with our difficult children and some of what they are done have had some pretty traumatic experiences.</p><p></p><p>In my professional life I work with trauma.... and then with all the stuff going on with difficult child I was getting to the point where i wasn't sure i could keep on in my job because I felt like my work life dealt with trauma, and then when i came home I was also dealing with trauma. I finally went to my boss and I have cut my hours because i need time to just not be dealing with so much trauma. I just couldn't do it anymore. difficult child is no longer living here and so when I come home I can relax (except when of course some new thing happens with him that I am worried about). Anyway cutting my hours did ME a world of good.</p><p></p><p>When things are calmer in my life then I can be pretty neutral and seem very even keeled.... when I am in the midst of worry or trauma then I let my emotions take over... and not always in pleasant ways. So like Steely I just feel a heightened sense of everything and am much more likely to overreact.</p><p></p><p>Luckily my husband is a very calm guy and has learned to handle my overreactions.... </p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 485256"] Great thread... I just had the chance to read through it all. What we are all talking about are responses to trauma... and some of us, maybe all of us, dealing with our difficult children and some of what they are done have had some pretty traumatic experiences. In my professional life I work with trauma.... and then with all the stuff going on with difficult child I was getting to the point where i wasn't sure i could keep on in my job because I felt like my work life dealt with trauma, and then when i came home I was also dealing with trauma. I finally went to my boss and I have cut my hours because i need time to just not be dealing with so much trauma. I just couldn't do it anymore. difficult child is no longer living here and so when I come home I can relax (except when of course some new thing happens with him that I am worried about). Anyway cutting my hours did ME a world of good. When things are calmer in my life then I can be pretty neutral and seem very even keeled.... when I am in the midst of worry or trauma then I let my emotions take over... and not always in pleasant ways. So like Steely I just feel a heightened sense of everything and am much more likely to overreact. Luckily my husband is a very calm guy and has learned to handle my overreactions.... TL [/QUOTE]
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