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She will never be normal, will she?
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 327143" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>You are not a bad parent. You are fed up, exhausted, and feeling defeated. I know the feelings all too well. </p><p></p><p>Others have made some good suggestions. I agree that you need a break. Think about what you can do today, to get through today/tonight. Put the future in the back of your mind right now, it's just too overwhelming to think about. Once you get through today and feel even slightly less overwhelmed, make a plan for the "next time" .. and so on, and so forth. I found that simply deciding what I would do "x" if "y" happened.. made me feel better, or at least, more able to cope with what was in front of me.</p><p></p><p>None of us had dreams of raising ungrateful, lazy, drug-addicted, hygiene-challenged, unemployed, irresponsible, crazy (no offense, it's my favorite term) children. All of us know what it's like to be faced with the reality of all of that, and we've all had days where we felt absolutely despondent, angry and resentful over it. It HOOVERS. </p><p></p><p>You are not alone. I hope that is of some tiny comfort. Hugs to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 327143, member: 1157"] You are not a bad parent. You are fed up, exhausted, and feeling defeated. I know the feelings all too well. Others have made some good suggestions. I agree that you need a break. Think about what you can do today, to get through today/tonight. Put the future in the back of your mind right now, it's just too overwhelming to think about. Once you get through today and feel even slightly less overwhelmed, make a plan for the "next time" .. and so on, and so forth. I found that simply deciding what I would do "x" if "y" happened.. made me feel better, or at least, more able to cope with what was in front of me. None of us had dreams of raising ungrateful, lazy, drug-addicted, hygiene-challenged, unemployed, irresponsible, crazy (no offense, it's my favorite term) children. All of us know what it's like to be faced with the reality of all of that, and we've all had days where we felt absolutely despondent, angry and resentful over it. It HOOVERS. You are not alone. I hope that is of some tiny comfort. Hugs to you. [/QUOTE]
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