Wednesday, July 2, 2008
It Turns Out, I'm Not a Crazy Person
Today, I was at my daughter's school who is going to summer school and I met a mom who has a son who also has ADHD and ODD. We talked forever! She totally understood what it is like to have a child who has the problems that ours do. She has felt and feels the same things about her son that I do about my daughter. We talked about what works, what drives us crazy, and what helps us to survive. I went home and cried again. But for different reasons this time. After that whole playgroup fiasco last week, I finally felt like maybe I'm not such a bad mom after all and that other moms who have to deal with this are going through the same thing. It felt nice to be understood and not judged. Suddenly, I don't feel so alone in the world.
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YEA!!! I don't have an ADHD child, but our son was hit by a car at 13 and suffered a severe brain injury. To everyone around us, he is a miracle (us too) but they don't see that the accident forever changed his personality and not for the good. My biggest salvation was meeting another brain injury parent....we are bonded for life!!!
YOU ARE NOT ALONE! (that's me shouting:)
Knowing that you're not the only one going through what you are is sometimes the best thing in the world. I have other issues and being with people who know what it's like makes me feel less alone.
I'm really glad that you found that.
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