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Past, Present, Future -- Seeking Your Collective Wisdom?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 635552" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Are you talking about your PTSD regarding the behavior of your child or his PTSD?</p><p></p><p>I know my two youngest kids suffered severe PTSD (sexual abuse at the hands of an older child we adopted,,,I explained about him...he is no longer with us) and neither suffers bad behavior or mental health problems. They are great young adults. It has affected my daughter's life path...she wants to help others by going into criminal justice. She wants to try to reach young offenders before they get to the point that Adopted Son was at...or at least help as many young offenders as she can. My son's caseworker is aware he was abused because he doesn't remember much about it. If it comes up, it will be dealt with.</p><p></p><p>PTSD doesn't mean one has to take drugs, act like a jerk, etc. I think it depends on the resiliency of the person's makeup and his actual personality. Both of these adult children of mine are exceptionally wonderful people. I just realized I still have PTSD regarding Adopted Son Or, more accureately, Unadopted Son. I still shake as I write about him and am almost brought to tears.</p><p></p><p>Now PTSD caused by our difficult children to us is different. Every time my son calls me, I get a little twinge in my stomach, not knowing what I'm going to hear. And that impacts me still, although not as much as in the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 635552, member: 1550"] Are you talking about your PTSD regarding the behavior of your child or his PTSD? I know my two youngest kids suffered severe PTSD (sexual abuse at the hands of an older child we adopted,,,I explained about him...he is no longer with us) and neither suffers bad behavior or mental health problems. They are great young adults. It has affected my daughter's life path...she wants to help others by going into criminal justice. She wants to try to reach young offenders before they get to the point that Adopted Son was at...or at least help as many young offenders as she can. My son's caseworker is aware he was abused because he doesn't remember much about it. If it comes up, it will be dealt with. PTSD doesn't mean one has to take drugs, act like a jerk, etc. I think it depends on the resiliency of the person's makeup and his actual personality. Both of these adult children of mine are exceptionally wonderful people. I just realized I still have PTSD regarding Adopted Son Or, more accureately, Unadopted Son. I still shake as I write about him and am almost brought to tears. Now PTSD caused by our difficult children to us is different. Every time my son calls me, I get a little twinge in my stomach, not knowing what I'm going to hear. And that impacts me still, although not as much as in the past. [/QUOTE]
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