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When both partners in a couple experience simultaneous vision loss

My spouse and I both have failing vision from different causes and we're becoming dangerously dependent on each other while also getting frustrated with each other's limitations. We can't both be the eyes for this relationship but we're too proud to ask for outside help, and simple tasks are becoming sources of conflict.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Mutual dependency is creating a fragile system where neither person can adequately support the other's needs.

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