Please don't berate yourself. It can take time until we are ready to confront the fact that our child has problems we cannot solve on our own and we need to take action to protect ourselves from their behaviors, both mentally and physically. It's a tough realization and sometimes we need to be in an extreme situation to fully internalize it and act on that knowledge.
No parent want to think that their children are in a severe, possibly hopeless situation. No parent wants to face reality that there is often nothing that we can do, that this is something we cannot help them with. That they will need to do it on their own. You've reached that point and you're taking action now to protect yourself. That's all that matters.
No parent want to think that their children are in a severe, possibly hopeless situation. No parent wants to face reality that there is often nothing that we can do, that this is something we cannot help them with. That they will need to do it on their own. You've reached that point and you're taking action now to protect yourself. That's all that matters.