Blocked Care Assessment

What is blocked care?

Blocked care is a self-protective mechanism in a parent’s nervous system activated by excessive stress. This suppresses the higher brain functions needed for caregiving and the accompanying loving and empathetic feelings. As a result, your nervous system develops a defensive stance toward your child. You are still providing good care to your child, but your heart seems to have left the relationship.

Please respond to each statement with one of the following numbers:
1—Never, 2—Rarely, 3—Sometimes, 4—Often, 5—Always

I’m too caught up in coping with my child’s behavior to be curious about the meaning behind it.

I feel defensive and guard myself from rejection.

I feel burned out, chronically overwhelmed, and fatigued.

I feel resentment toward one or more of my children or my situation as a whole.

I feel irritable with other family and friends.

I isolate myself.

I’m cynical about helpful ideas.

I’ve lost compassion, which has led to shame.

I’ve experienced a crisis of faith or challenge of a personal belief system.

I don’t feel real pleasure in parenting.

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