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When chronic illness makes one partner the exercise monitor

My wife has chronic fatigue and I've become her unofficial physical therapist, monitoring her energy, suggesting modifications, and I think I'm crossing lines from supportive partner into controlling caregiver in ways that aren't helping either of us.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Care and control have become entangled in a relationship where physical limitations require constant navigation.

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“Where Are You with Movement and exercise — principles?”

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