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When caregiving duty conflicts with survival instinct

I fantasize about running away from this life but then I see my daughter struggling to breathe and I know I could never abandon her even though I want to disappear.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The biological urge to flee overwhelming stress collides with parental bond, creating internal moral warfare.

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