She would "Wake up?" and be in this state in between waking and sleeping and would scream and moan. She might have had her eyes open so you might think she was awake but this is sort of like being in a nightmare while people think you are awake. Though this can go on for 45 minutes or more this is just as terrifying for parents or caregivers as it is for the child going through this. Often they won't remember any of this either which is difficult for parents to process. It's sort of for the children like having a dream, a bad dream that they forget. In this case it was triggered by all the problems created by the divorce her mother and I were going through. Like I said it is very difficult for both parents and children to endure things like this. So, once you get through the first one which is horrific for everyone involved you understand more what is happening so you might be more prepared the next time it happens. So, at least you know what it is, you endure it, if the child doesn't remember it you don't bring it up.
My parents didn't tell me for example, that I was having seizures when they started from a concussion at age 10. They preferred not to tell me this was happening. I woke up on the floor next to my bed with my head in my mother's arms. She just told me that I had had a bad dream and left it at that. It was only when the concussion continued to cause me to have a seizure once every few months that they sat me down and talked to me about this. However, this was the 1950s and started in 1958 and ended in 1963 when my cranium grew enough to relieve the pressure on my brain from the concussion. It is called "Childhood Epilepsy" which is the ONLY type of epilepsy you can outgrow by usually 15 when your cranium (skull) grows enough to relieve the pressure on your brain.
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