Andrea Owen
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442 appearances
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1 series
first heard Oct 2017
last heard Oct 2017
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And so I know what that feels like.
In fact, before Colton's diagnosis, I watched him have a panic attack at a children's museum that was very crowded, as you can probably imagine, what happened.
And I'm watching it happen and I'm thinking, oh my God, like I know exactly what's happening.
And so I had had many talks with my husband about what it feels like.
like to be someone, you know, and like this is not a choice that he's making.
He it's not a a won't, it's a can't.
And
And and asking him to do research on his own instead of me lecturing him about what it is.
And quite frankly, I didn't have the time and energy and compassion to do that for him.
So I had to be really
mindful about having
reasonable and kind conversations with with him because my tendency was to let it build up and get resentful and then lash out at my husband over something that either didn't have anything to do with our son or just kind of throw up everything at him about our son and be blaming and things like that, which wasn't fair.
I I wasn't asking for what I needed in a kind way.
And you know, because nobody wants to listen to you like when you're yelling at them.
And that's just like communication 101.
Many.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And so I I had to realize that and and have intentional conversations with him like on date night or on a Sunday afternoon, like not when it was an emergency.
And and that was hugely helpful.
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