Multiple studies show that parental PTSD and other posttraumatic disturbances in parental psychological functioning can, despite a traumatized parent’s best efforts, interfere with their response to their child as well as their child’s response to trauma. Parents with violence-related PTSD may, for example, inadvertently expose their children to developmentally inappropriate violent media due to their need to manage their own emotional dysregulation.
I’m just going to leave this here. I’m not going to explain why this is shaking my whole world right now. I’m just going to leave this here. (via emilysyrja)
I’m never gonna be a good mom, am I?
