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Is there a name for what parents go through?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 544173" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>"Caregiver burnout" is a specific type of stress disorder. It's not called "ptsd" because it isn't really a single event - it's the chronic, day-to-day grind. But... the net effect is the same.</p><p></p><p>It was first coined, I believe, for people who were dealing with a spouse who has dementia. For those kinds of situations, there are often support networks, respite care, and other lovely things (sometimes, "if" you can afford it).</p><p></p><p>When the care recipient is a difficult child... well, there aren't too many support networks (thanks to this board, we have ONE at least), and respite care is very hard to come by unless you have family who can step in.</p><p></p><p>{{hugs}}</p><p>I know what you mean. husband tells me I'm less insane now, because difficult child is less insane and less intense, so I'm getting more than 4 hours of sleep a night. But... it's all "relative"... I'm still not exactly sane.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 544173, member: 11791"] "Caregiver burnout" is a specific type of stress disorder. It's not called "ptsd" because it isn't really a single event - it's the chronic, day-to-day grind. But... the net effect is the same. It was first coined, I believe, for people who were dealing with a spouse who has dementia. For those kinds of situations, there are often support networks, respite care, and other lovely things (sometimes, "if" you can afford it). When the care recipient is a difficult child... well, there aren't too many support networks (thanks to this board, we have ONE at least), and respite care is very hard to come by unless you have family who can step in. {{hugs}} I know what you mean. husband tells me I'm less insane now, because difficult child is less insane and less intense, so I'm getting more than 4 hours of sleep a night. But... it's all "relative"... I'm still not exactly sane. [/QUOTE]
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