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As a caregiver, what helps you the most?
Caregivers | Last Active: Jun 16 11:17pm | Replies (74)Comment receiving replies
I agree. Walking is also important for me, especially with our dog because it gets me out whether I want to or not. I also find myself going shopping just to get away and do something for myself, but then I often have to return what I bought. Friends and family who try to understand are rare. Everyone has their own life and problems. I try to remember that everyone else is struggling in their own way, so I don’t get jealous and mad of all they can do. I am tired and “weighed down” by the responsibilities I feel, and the Jekyl and Hyde responses I get. We must support each other.
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@bftennis Family and friends are so busy with all their own things, responsibilities, personal lives and pleasures, that there is no way they truly care about our problems and loneliness. A very brief moment of care, and then they go on, and choose to forget and not be bothered.
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I am also sooo tired of the Jekyl and Hyde responses from so called friends. One of them even went out of her way, gifted me a book by Oprah Winfrey, "Build the Life You Want - the art of being happier". No offense to Oprah Winfrey, but I gave the book straight away to Goodwill without reading it. The person who gifted me the book is hardly my "friend" anymore. Perhaps I'm too sensitive, I felt insulted, I really didn't need her to give me a book about how to build the life I want and how to be happier.
Doing something for myself and by myself daily is important, such as walking, praying, grocery shopping, even just for half an hour. But lately I'm so stuck with hopelessness.
I'm sending prayers to all of you, praying for your own health!