You know what I am talking about. Any parent raising a special needs child knows about the setbacks.
The kick in the stomach, racing heart, internal restlessness, sleepless nights re-evaluating and reassessing the situation until you can’t think straight.
That fear that grips you and makes you doubt yourself as a parent, yup, welcome to special needs parenting setbacks.
If there is one thing I can tell you with absolute confidence it is this, there will be setbacks, many setbacks.
There will be those days that out of no where you are struck with the enormity of it all, the days that you just break down and need a good cry.
I remember the days that I measured progress and setbacks in hours. Days that drained me both mentally and physically.
With time and with my childs acquirement of calming and coping skills the hours turned into weeks then turned into months and dare I say, with fingers crossed and pajamas inside out , now years.
I can catch my breath, I can go to the store without a knot in my stomach and a cell phone on loud
clenched in my hands.
Its been a long road of two steps forward and one step back. Smooth sailing you are thinking, not quite, the fear and insecurity I believe will say with me for many years to come.
The panic and constant state of anxiety parents of special needs children experience almost become a part of you. It consumes you.
The nature of the beast becomes embedded in our brains and we know that with so many variables to triggers that we can never completely let our guard down.
Read more of this article here: Two Steps Forward One Step Back Still Gets You Ahead
The kick in the stomach, racing heart, internal restlessness, sleepless nights re-evaluating and reassessing the situation until you can’t think straight.
That fear that grips you and makes you doubt yourself as a parent, yup, welcome to special needs parenting setbacks.
If there is one thing I can tell you with absolute confidence it is this, there will be setbacks, many setbacks.
There will be those days that out of no where you are struck with the enormity of it all, the days that you just break down and need a good cry.
I remember the days that I measured progress and setbacks in hours. Days that drained me both mentally and physically.
With time and with my childs acquirement of calming and coping skills the hours turned into weeks then turned into months and dare I say, with fingers crossed and pajamas inside out , now years.
I can catch my breath, I can go to the store without a knot in my stomach and a cell phone on loud
clenched in my hands.
Its been a long road of two steps forward and one step back. Smooth sailing you are thinking, not quite, the fear and insecurity I believe will say with me for many years to come.
The panic and constant state of anxiety parents of special needs children experience almost become a part of you. It consumes you.
The nature of the beast becomes embedded in our brains and we know that with so many variables to triggers that we can never completely let our guard down.
Read more of this article here: Two Steps Forward One Step Back Still Gets You Ahead
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