Parents of extreme children desperately love them. At the same time, they're typically in a serious state of trauma they fail to identify bc they're wrapped up in appointments, insurance battles, and IEPs to see past those immediate needs. mamaontherockz
Fear for safety of household membersFear of job loss from calls from school/appointmentsSince our culture is beginning to further research and explore the field of mental health, more people are being exposed to words like “trauma.” For this reason, it is difficult to pinpoint one clear definition as the meaning is interpreted differently in different contexts. However, most commonly trauma means an experience that was deeply painful or terrifying.
Raising a difficult or medically complex child is not something that many parents could call traumatic. That connotation delivers a feeling of guilt along with the insinuation that you somehow love your difficult child less. This is far from the truth. A parent can suffer trauma and still be an excellent parent.Parents of extreme children desperately love them.
For parents raising children with mental health needs, trauma can come from recognizing red flags, researching symptoms, and receiving an initial diagnosis. This trauma is exacerbated when a parent begins to mourn and grieve the loss of the childhood they’d long imagined. Parents of children with special needs often experience repeated stressful events including evaluations, medical tests and procedures, hospitalizations, inpatient treatments, and recurrent emergencies or self-harm attempts. The chronic anxiety that comes from having a child with a mental health or behavioral diagnosis can trigger symptoms of PTSD in parents and caregivers.
A related and newly researched condition called Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is becoming more widely recognized by doctors and specialists as well. Unlike PTSD, which presents after a single traumatic event, CPTSD results from repeated exposure to trauma over months or years.Reliving traumatic experiences, sometimes including nightmares or flashbacksHypervigilance or hyperarousal
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