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When caring for elderly in-laws becomes overwhelming in Ubuntu culture

My mother-in-law has been living with us for eight months since her stroke and I feel like I am losing myself trying to care for her while my husband works long hours, but speaking up feels like betraying everything I was raised to believe about Ubuntu.

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The weight of communal responsibility is crushing her individual spirit without acknowledgment or support.

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