This is probably the LAST thing you want to hear right now, but the silver lining is there. You may decide to go back into your field or you may choose a different path in the future. But even this torturous experience has value.

I can't tell you how many professionals I have seen that were trying to help me through my depression... and had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what they were talking about. I'm not saying they were bad at their jobs or bad people, but it was like they were trying to convince me that their text book should be my bible and my cure. Follow Step #1, Step #2, etc. It's just not that simple.

Maybe the master plan for you.. involves FEELING and being able to empathize with those children on an entirely different level. You are an adult with knowledge, intelligence, education, and venacular that those children don't possess, yet. Most of the time children have difficulty articulating their feelings and symptoms. Their moods and behaviors can often be misinterpreted. Now that you KNOW what they are going through, you will be a better advocate and healer... help to give them a voice. Before you were educated, now you are seasoned.