
Many of us, myself included, come from a dysfunctional family which adds a lot of weight to the challenges of caregiving. I have read stores on various threads on other topics and decided it would be good to have a thread just for this topic for people to share, vent and discuss.
The idea for this thread originated on the thread named "The Caregiver....How are YOU doing today?"
hug & courage.
1 warning to you: PLEASE make sure they don’t screw you over financially.
sometimes the kind-sweet-scapegoat is not only helping for years, but gets totally screwed over in the end. please be careful.
bad people have no mercy, no conscience and screw other people over.
Get help in. I used NextDoor and found three really great helpers. figure out what you need to do to help yourself.
you might need to place them
into a NH at some point. Don’t believe people who broad brush and tell you NHs are all bad. Have an open mind and look into what is available.
My mother died last year and my father is in a nursing home now. He’s sleeping here in the sun room as I write this. Even though he’s in a facility the work and responsibility does not end. It’s just a different set of issues.
Remember you are no good to your parents or to yourself if you burn out,
Hope you feel better.
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“My favorite thing about your opinion is when you keep it to yourself.”
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“My best attribute is being nothing like you.”
Today’s words of wisdom:
“If you only focus on the problem,
you might miss the easy solution.”
Have you
loved you today?
More words of wisdom for today:
Time doesn’t heal all wounds…
It’s what YOU do with that time.
I agree with Daisy - filling out your profile helps us to give better answers.
Your words of wisdom allowed my mind and heart to unite! I now have a happy place/site to let my mind engage and keep my heart in check with the wisdom of knowing I am not the dysfunction in my family! Thank you so very much 🙃
More words of wisdom for today:
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I try to take it one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
Also today's words of wisdom:
Rising early
makes the road short.
Today's words of wisdom:
Never make the mistake of assuming
the person of peace
is unskilled at war.
Today’s funny quote about dysfunctional/toxic people…
“Everyone is assigned a guardian angel who helps them out through life, but due to a clerical error a demon was assigned to you.”
“OK, here’s a bit of advice:
Stop trying to be like everyone else.
Remember…you…don’t like everyone else.”
Today’s quote:
“I think one of the most surprising things I’ve realized in my lifetime, is not a single one of the scars in my heart are from an enemy.”
Today's words of wisdom:
Dysfunctional families don’t just avoid truth — they erase it.
Not to mention that You are the only person of EQUAL intelligence you will speak to all day…
Today's words of wisdom:
You are the most influential person you will talk to all day.
"I got 99 problems and you are all of them."
Judge me by the people I avoid.
“You probably won’t remember half the things that I’ll never forget.”