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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 484974" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>I started to say in my earlier post that if I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn't have had a second child. That probably sounds cold, heartless, and absolutely horrible. I don't wish that she had never been born, but if I had had a crystal ball I wouldn't have done it. I am also currently struggling with extreme stress and depression, and a kid whose anxiety is incapacitating and who relies on me and me alone as her *everything*. Ask me again in a couple of months when my emotional state is better, and my answer might be different. </p><p></p><p>That said, like Steely I feel like difficult child was born to the right person. If she had been born to my mom, for example, it would have been a disaster. I get her and not many people do. You expect that, of course, as she is MY child, but I get her in a way that takes mental health professionals who have been in practice longer than I've been alive a very long time to get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 484974, member: 7083"] I started to say in my earlier post that if I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn't have had a second child. That probably sounds cold, heartless, and absolutely horrible. I don't wish that she had never been born, but if I had had a crystal ball I wouldn't have done it. I am also currently struggling with extreme stress and depression, and a kid whose anxiety is incapacitating and who relies on me and me alone as her *everything*. Ask me again in a couple of months when my emotional state is better, and my answer might be different. That said, like Steely I feel like difficult child was born to the right person. If she had been born to my mom, for example, it would have been a disaster. I get her and not many people do. You expect that, of course, as she is MY child, but I get her in a way that takes mental health professionals who have been in practice longer than I've been alive a very long time to get. [/QUOTE]
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