My teen daughter had a mental health crisis last year and for months she was self harming, drinking heavily and very verbally abusive, which was painful. Before this, we've always been close. At the peak of her crisis, she overdosed, and was lucky to survive. It was harrowing.
Thankfully she seems recovered now, and is at College. But a year on, I still feel haunted by it all. I'm a single parent and had to navigate all of this alone. I have lingering feelings of guilt and failure around this happening. I'm background worried it could happen again. Whenever she is upset about anything, I feel braced for the worst. Has anyone else had similar experiences and how did you cope and learn to accept it?