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Do you ever feel like your difficult child's issues have created mental health issues in yourself
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<blockquote data-quote="rejectedmom" data-source="post: 334030" data-attributes="member: 2315"><p>Yes, I spent several years of my life giving and sacrificing only to get yelled at and abused. When difficult child 1 reached middle school age she started calling me all kinds of vile things and telling lies about me to others. Grounding her, taking away privileges counsiling etc didn't stop her abuse. After years of her verbal and some physical abuse I put her out at age 21. Then difficult child 2 started to do the same thing to me. Interventions helped some but once he left the private school he started up with a vengence. Eventually I ended up battered and suffering from PTSD and situational depression. I have overcome most of that now just a little residual PSTD that manifests in overactive startle reflex and ocassional iritability if out in crowded places. But the feeling that I wasted most of my life trying to help unappreciative and selfish people rises up often and depresses me. It takes a conscious effort to push it away, smile and count my blessings. -RM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rejectedmom, post: 334030, member: 2315"] Yes, I spent several years of my life giving and sacrificing only to get yelled at and abused. When difficult child 1 reached middle school age she started calling me all kinds of vile things and telling lies about me to others. Grounding her, taking away privileges counsiling etc didn't stop her abuse. After years of her verbal and some physical abuse I put her out at age 21. Then difficult child 2 started to do the same thing to me. Interventions helped some but once he left the private school he started up with a vengence. Eventually I ended up battered and suffering from PTSD and situational depression. I have overcome most of that now just a little residual PSTD that manifests in overactive startle reflex and ocassional iritability if out in crowded places. But the feeling that I wasted most of my life trying to help unappreciative and selfish people rises up often and depresses me. It takes a conscious effort to push it away, smile and count my blessings. -RM [/QUOTE]
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