Content warning and trigger warning.
It deals with violence.
This won’t be an easy story to tell for me or for you to hear but it’s important to understand the state that all of us were in at the time and how little we knew at the time.
Physically we are all fine, emotionally I think my wife and I carry the toll of that night to this day.
In this episode I am going to tell you the story of why I became the advocate that I did. It centres around an episode that my wife and I call rage night. It refers to a single night but it takes place over a month.
The first half the episode establishes context, the middle section is a description of the night, and the final part is the aftermath. I didn't split this one up but if you need a break, take one, there is a lot to process.
Following episodes will deal with how we tried to get our family help, education, and things we learned.
This episode should not be taken as a replacement for any professional advice that you should seek from a psychologist, psychiatrist, or other medical professional – everyone’s situations are different.
As a family, we are happier now than we ever have been. It was a long road to get here.
We will keep learning and realizing that we, as parents, are a big part of the equation. I hope you can walk away realizing that you need to learn how your child communicates with you, it's unique, this is what we missed.
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