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Im a 27 years old who stays at home to nurse my bed-rest parent who got stroke. Im in a lot of stress bcos I can't see improvement or even a little hope to see my parent get healthy again. I can just leave them with a homecare nurse, but I don't want to. It breaks my heart to see my parent is taken care by someone else when I have the capability to. But this spent my energy, time & emotion because they need a 24/7 caregiver. I have no relation to outside world. I cant sleep. Im unhappy with life
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Hi, Caregiving can be very stressful and a caregiver needs support as much as the patient does. You do have your own things to deal with at the age of 27. It's important for you to take out time to take care of your own physical and emotional needs in order for you be an effective caregiver. You will have to find a way to deal with the feeling of guilt and excessive burden that comes when you become a caregiver.
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You can join a caregivers support group in your city. At the same time, take out time to pursue your hobbies and meet friends. You can also go for regular counseling or therapy sessions to talk about your daily stress and find a safe space to discuss your issues.
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Good luck. You can contact me if you have any further questions!
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Hello Friend, thanks for reaching out here for help. Appreciate your genuine efforts to care for your parents. It's a great work. Yes, agree that you are not able to live the life you wanted. This may be adding further stress. What's important at this stage is, you need is to develop some diversion or alternate avenues that can help you to relieve your stress. Suggest you to go for a counseling session to explore those possibilities.
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You can consult locally or reach me for online session.
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