Parenting

Part II: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Parenting

As a parent with ACES you may find you have a short fuse, less patience, and less of a tolerance for stress. This makes it hard to handle children when they misbehave. You may find yourself snapping at your child after they pushed you over the edge one too many times.

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C-PTSD and Parenting with triggers

“Triggers” are the things that ignite the fire within you, so to speak. These are the things that lead to your yelling, getting angry and upset. Most people don’t take the time to stop and think about what triggered their response. It seems automatic.

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Surviving Her First Few Years While Parenting with CPTSD …

The first few months of her life were exhausting.

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Surviving Surgery, My Rainbow Baby, and Day 1 as a Mom.

I knew that I would, in all likelihood, be having this baby via c-section quite early in my pregnancy.

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There is a pain that comes from preparing a place in your heart for a child that never comes…[Trigger Warning Miscarriage]

But no one warned me of the process of pregnancy….