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How dutiful caregiving can breed resentment

My mother-in-law has been living with us for eight months since her stroke and I take care of everything without complaining because it's the right thing to do, but I'm starting to hate the person I'm becoming in this house.

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Sustained sacrifice without acknowledgment or relief can corrode the very compassion that initially motivated the service.

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