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When family caregivers have different coping styles

My mom and I are both caregivers for my dad who has dementia, but we handle stress completely differently — she needs to talk everything through and I need space to process — and lately we're fighting more with each other than actually helping him.

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Two people united in purpose are being divided by their different ways of managing overwhelm.

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