It’s about time this got a wider airing than help groups and stuffy offices.
One of the biggest causes of PTSD is guilt. You sit there, running the coulda, woulda, shoulda’s through your head all the damned time until it wears a groove in your mind and warps your thinking.
I can’t tell you how many times i’ve dealt with post abortive women. The look of surprise on her face...EVERY time ...she’s told that the grief she experiences is normal.
When a person can kill one of their own children rather than having mercy on that child. without remorse or guilt, that woman is not ‘normal’. It’s VERY normal to regret aborting one’s own child. The love of a mother for her child does rise to the surface. There is NOthing more normal than that, and so is the regret that goes with it.
It’s also very common for a woman to continue to justify her experience in order to try and avoid the guilt she can’t face. Others don’t even realize that the symptoms they do have, are related to the abortion until it’s pointed out to them. Then, it’s an “a-ha!” moment.
I”m glad this topic was brought up. There are a LOT of women out there who suffer and don’t know where to turn.
Run a search engine on Post Abortion Syndrome and you will find help.