This is one necessary and important contribution written by Dawn Daum.
When I became a new mother, I was prepared for a lot—but nobody told me that parenting when you have experienced childhood abuse can feel like walking back into a war zone as a soldier with PTSD.
Before becoming a mother, I could physically re-shift focus away from what was triggering me—take a walk, journal, call a friend, distract myself with music. Once a parent, I could no longer rely on old methods, no matter how effective. I couldn’t run away from, drown out, or excuse myself from the trigger.
You can’t eliminate or avoid the trigger, when the trigger is your child.
Read entire essay: http://www.theestablishment.co...s-your-ptsd-trigger/
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