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When siblings struggle with shared caregiving responsibilities

My brother and I have been the primary caregivers for our mom since dad died, and we're both burning out but in completely different ways — he gets angry and I shut down — and we can't figure out how to help each other while we're helping her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people who love the same person are drowning separately in the same deep water.

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