Today i had a real eye opener...i took my beautiful daughter to the dr..she is all of 12 yrs old...they say she is having panic attacks and suffering from my divorce..She has an overwhelming fear of herself or one of her parents dying...she gets a scrape..she asks and begs for reassurance that she is gonna be ok and nothing is gonna happen to her...she is aware of my recent mental illness..i feel to blame..i have truly done the best i can to raise her...she doesnt just have a mom with mental illness but a dad also..my x husband being the one on the suicidal end of this illness...i made my first step to help her by taking her to the doctor..god, i dont want her to live with panic...i so want to take all her pain and fears away..i have made mistakes..i just dont want her to suffer for the illness her parents carry..i dont want her to be like either one of us..i want her to be happy,healthy and think of only things a 12 yr old should think of..what to wear to school,how she wants to have her hair done...what she and her friends will do on the weekend...what happened to the little white house and picket fence? isnt that what little girls hope for? any advice
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