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Scenario

When family caregivers have different coping styles under stress

My mom and I have been her husband's primary caregivers since his stroke two years ago and we're both exhausted, but we cope completely differently and it's starting to create tension between us when we most need each other. She wants to talk through every medical decision extensively and I just want to act quickly and move on, and now we're snapping at each other in hospital hallways.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people giving everything they have are discovering that love under pressure can look like incompatibility.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Long-Term Partnership and Commitment?”

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