Comment by Baeocystin
Comment by Baeocystin 7 days ago
Speaking as someone who was the sole caregiver for both my parents, one of whom had a truly awful Alzheimer's journey, I find the bullet points in this listicle rather aggravating.
Take time for yourself? Get help? Take a break? No shit. Now tell me how. If I had the money, resources, or available other people to help share the load, I wouldn't have been where I was.
Most caregivers are in this situation because they're it, the last line of defense. The isolating, overbearing difficulty comes from knowing what you need, and not having the resources to get it. The article has real "Are you starving? Try eating food!" energy.
You are right of course. My journey - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42072648
These sort of situations are very difficult and what the Human psyche needs is reassurance that as Alexandre Dumas wrote in The Count of Monte Cristo all human wisdom is contained in these two words,—'Wait and Hope.' In that sense these articles do have some value.