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What do you do when you just want to cry?
Caregivers | Last Active: Apr 13 7:19pm | Replies (46)Comment receiving replies
This is one of those very difficult days where he drops things and just walks off. Sometimes I am not even sure he knows he dropped the items, but it is more work for me to keep picking up constantly after him.
As I sit here and cry I know I need a real good cry to let out all the tensions etc., but I am just afraid to do that expecially by myself. Feel I might just start crying and not be able to stop.
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@kartwk
I totally understand. Been there. Done that, too.
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@kartwk
When my husband started to really change mentally I felt caught in a movie. He wasn’t the same person and sometimes I was actually scared of him. One day I was turning the hose on under the edge of the deck and just sat down and cried I felt like I couldn’t stop. That’s when I knew I needed support. My general md referred me to a counselor and I saw her for 6 months. It changed my life. It gave me the tools to deal with all of the ways in which my husband’s illness changed him. We can only try to control how we deal with things and find peace and strength in ourselves. We can never be in control of what is happening to others. Step away and get help for yourself so you can be a better help to those you care for. It can be life changing.