growingflower, t has brought this same thing to me MANY times. I'm exactly the same way. I feel that I need to save any child who's having it hard...sometimes hurting/triggering myself in the process. However, I'll go the distance for a child, whether it hurts me or not. How many times did I pray that someone, even a stranger, would've gone the distance for me.

Like you, though, I recognized that whatever I might do wouldn't further injure the child. I've even had children live with me. Both of my daughters' friends know that there is someone who will hear them without judgment. I'm the "block mom" kind of. I don't know how many times that the teen girlfriends were fighting hot and heavy with parents and I would make the call to the other mom saying, "Hey, I know what you're feeling. How about both of you get a break and so-and-so stay here tonight. She'll be safe, but away from you." It was always appreciated. Youngest has done the same with her friends' parents.

I don't know why I went into all of that...LOL. I just want you to know that you're not alone, and that MANY, if not most, of the survivors out there I've found to be hyper-sensitive to the needs of children. It can be exhausing for us...the survivors. However, it can be a blessing for a child out there somewhere.

Thank you for being you.

I wish you well.

KD