My mom and I have been her husband's primary caregivers since his stroke last year, and we've developed this unspoken system where I handle his medical stuff and she handles everything else, but we're both burning out. We don't know how to ask each other for help without feeling like we're failing him.
More people experience this than they realize.
Caring for someone you love alongside someone else who loves them differently requires learning to see your own limits as part of the care itself.
“Where Are You with Integration — not getting over but getting with?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.