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Reply to "Loosing my mind, what's left of it!"

Eric, I thought about my immediate response to your post and then read the above spot on ones and realized I could not have said it better than they did. What a hard, hard position you are in. We could be tooling along just fine and then life changes and we can't cope the same way. I will add my support by sharing that I have a friend with a very ill mom, not geographically close, with a sibling who is no help...in other words, a similar situation to yours minus the personal health issues/surgeries, although she did develop high blood pressure from the stress. I said something to her that I think and hope may help you. I said that you can only give 100% of yourself and if you give it all to someone else, there's nothing left for yourself. I also said no one gets a medal for being a martyr (please, I mean NO offense by this because we've all been in this position at some point or other) and if you go down the drain, no one wins anyway. I finally asked her what the worst to happen could be if she didn't do some of the things she felt a responsibility to do. In other words, how much truly needed to be done and how much came from guilt. She was always a "good girl" and needed to continue being one. It just helped her to see things more clearly. Sharon's suggestion to seek help from the community is vital. There are services out there - hospitals, community centers, etc......

Yoir body is talking to you. You have the right to take care of yourself and listen. I wish for you a good shift soon.

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