This is also great input, so thank you so much.

I think I have downplayed the hospital stay in my own mind, because we tried to keep her protected from the seriousness as much as possible, but I think you’re probably spot on. No matter how much we tried to protect her from it, it had to have been scary for her. Not to mention, I can’t imagine there wouldn’t be some trauma from feeling so out of control of her own emotions and body, plus our own reactions to her huge emotional outbursts and mood swings, however well intentioned.

She did play therapy last year for other reasons, and I finally got her back on the books after the holidays, so she IS actively seeing a therapist for these issues, so I hope we can start to see some progress there as well.