My Feelings Do Matter!: A Journey of a Mother, Battling with Her Own Emotions, as Her Suicidal Teenage Daughter Is Diagnosed with Asperger's S

Michaela thought having children would be the easiest job in the world; that is until her eldest daughter tried to commit suicide, and at the age of seventeen, she was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.Michaela struggles with conflicting emotions each day, and ever since the doctor told her "It's n [...]
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Michaela thought having children would be the easiest job in the world; that is until her eldest daughter tried to commit suicide, and at the age of seventeen, she was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.Michaela struggles with conflicting emotions each day, and ever since the doctor told her "It's not about how you're feeling," on the night her daughter nearly died from a drug overdose, she feels like she is expected to hide her emotions and suffer alone in silence.Looking back through the past seventeen years of parenthood, Michaela looks at certain events that have changed the course of her life in search for answers as to why her child is struggling so deeply, and how as a mother, she completely missed any signs that her child would try and take her own life.She then gives a candid account of the different feelings that come with having a troubled teen with an additional need; emotions that at times, make her feel like she has failed as a mother.