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Do you ever feel like your difficult child's issues have created mental health issues in yourself
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 334428"><p>Going North's comment about "care giver" fatigue is something I think about all the time.</p><p></p><p>When our daughter was younger....it was just never ending. And I mean never ending. All day...7 days...and often well into the night. To make matters a tad more stressful, is that this is NOT something us moms tend to want to discuss with others. Nope. It is a quiet/clandestine matter.</p><p></p><p>When you have a relative with Alzheimer's that you care for, often many in the community know about this and they sympathize. Heck, it's not much, but it is a little sympathy, a shoulder to lean on an ear to bend....just some brief moment of relief. I'm not saying that we want to be lauded, but its just a little something. Additionally, there is an end in sight....a clear, sad end...but an end, nevertheless.</p><p></p><p>With difficult child business...it goes on and on and we hesitate to talk about it. It is a quiet, gigantic burden.</p><p></p><p>Now that difficult child is older and out of the home...it's not 24/7 anymore. We push her to fix her own messes....but sometimes intervene as appropriate.</p><p>We worry....but have forced ourselves to largely detach and let MUCH go. And the stigma is much less for a variety of reasons. But we are human beings and this is a loss.....there is no doubt about this. There is no escape. There are constant reminders....and an underlying awareness. But life moves forward...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 334428"] Going North's comment about "care giver" fatigue is something I think about all the time. When our daughter was younger....it was just never ending. And I mean never ending. All day...7 days...and often well into the night. To make matters a tad more stressful, is that this is NOT something us moms tend to want to discuss with others. Nope. It is a quiet/clandestine matter. When you have a relative with Alzheimer's that you care for, often many in the community know about this and they sympathize. Heck, it's not much, but it is a little sympathy, a shoulder to lean on an ear to bend....just some brief moment of relief. I'm not saying that we want to be lauded, but its just a little something. Additionally, there is an end in sight....a clear, sad end...but an end, nevertheless. With difficult child business...it goes on and on and we hesitate to talk about it. It is a quiet, gigantic burden. Now that difficult child is older and out of the home...it's not 24/7 anymore. We push her to fix her own messes....but sometimes intervene as appropriate. We worry....but have forced ourselves to largely detach and let MUCH go. And the stigma is much less for a variety of reasons. But we are human beings and this is a loss.....there is no doubt about this. There is no escape. There are constant reminders....and an underlying awareness. But life moves forward... [/QUOTE]
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