It is very hard when someone doesn't respect how hard it is to be trying to pick up the pieces and try to train other animals and to constantly have to stop because when I tried that I kept having flashbacks that were totally confusing me and I ended up spiriling down into depression without even understanding that it was a sign that the post tramatic stress was progressing into PTSD.
It is hard to sit across from a therapist and have him explain to you that "you" were the one that was mature and positive and outgoing and healthy, and your problem is the other people that dragged you down because "they" were not healthy and mature. To hear how strong and healthy you were, how impressive you handled so many challenges, but you just weren't capable of handling so much sudden loss and then being treated so poorly because it challenged you so much and you were punished for something very real that you couldn't help.
It isn't "just a simple emotional challenge due to imaturity", it a response to experiencing sudden trama and loss that you are so overwhelmed emotionally to the point where it hurts some delicate parts of your brain. It is more than just emotional too, it is "shock".
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