Caring for Others Without Losing Yourself: The Importance of Caregiver Support
Jacelyn Hunter
There is one myth I believe many caregivers unknowingly live by. It is the belief that caring for someone else requires you to lose yourself. At first, this does not seem true. Most caregivers never wake up one morning deciding to abandon their own life. It happens little by little. It happens through responsibility. It happens through love. It happens through necessity. It happened because you took vows, and you are choosing to honor them at all costs. Caregiving is unique because many people never choose it. It chooses them. One phone call changed everything. A stroke changes everything. It did for me. A diagnosis changes everything. It was for...
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