Including the Covid year it almost been a little over 4 years since I’ve basically been shut off from the world due to increasing caregiving duties. 24/7 for well over 2 years now. Any rare visitors are for my Mother. Hardly anyone checks in on me other than an occasional birthday text message. Shows how much I really mean to extended family and friends (friends have been better though) where most haven’t SEEN me since 2020 or 2021 and obviously don’t give a fuck submitted by /u/GlitteredRoomForView [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

We have been getting a few podcasts started around here, and I think this would be a great place to list them, right alongside our playlist recommendations! If you have a podcast you'd like to share, be it your own or someone else's, feel free to share it! Keep us updated with new episodes, too! Please link playlists or songs! Youtube is great for everyone to access, but all music streaming sites are welcome! submitted by /u/xdisk [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Sometimes, I feel like I don't belong here. I get to go home, but there's 4 patients. 3 of which boss/dog me with questions and conversations we've had hundreds of times. Sometimes, they are things I've told them less than a minute ago. I chose night shift to avoid excessive dialog. (Sensory issue on my part) I feel resentment towards these unfortunate people. I know I'm just a tumor, bloodclot, or injury away from being in there shoes. That's why I always treat them with respect and care, even if internally screaming. Another night, watching one stuff his face with the dwindling food supplie ..read more

My partner has stage 4 breast cancer. She’s 29. For months before her diagnosis she would make comments about how she felt a lump. She’d show me and make comments about how it hurt and seemed weird. That it seemed like it was changing or growing. We’d always talk about how it WAS weird, but how anything serious is usually painless, so maybe it was nothing. As time went on she’d start making comments about chest and back pain. She started using an ice pack on her sternum daily. She’d have much more intense back pain, but blamed it on not keeping up with yoga or pushing too hard at work. She’s ..read more

I’ve been with my husband for 8 years. We got married when I was 19 and it has been a verbally abusive relationship which then became physically abusive. The first time I wanted to leave was four years into the relationship but then he got into a car accident one night when he was trying to drive home drunk. He lived but got diagnosed with a TBI which caused his anger and aggression to spike. He went to rehab and with medications he became better at calming down with the occasional fight here and there. Four years later and for the most part he was able to function solo but he recently starte ..read more

Hey everyone, I'm currently based in Quebec, Canada, and I'm seeking your opinions: I'm debating between using a traditional agency or an app (Care.com, NannyServices, etc.) to help me with various tasks, including errands, appointments and cleaning my grandma's place, while I'm at work. Any recommendations? Thank you! submitted by /u/Zestyclose_Ideal1833 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Does anyone else's loved one that they are taking care of, urk them to the point of wanting to smoke a joint?!? I mean seriously ??? I'm so tired of the back and forth bickering. I know you're bored with your life pal, but you're making me so flipping annoyed! Love my dad, truly I do, but sometimes I want to tape his lips together to put his mouth into time out for a few mins while I smoke a joint and calm my nerves. And he's in the hospital right now and stillllll manages usher in a headache. Dude ur not the boss anymore. Let it goooo! End vent! submitted by /u/mindblowningshit [visit reddi ..read more

Sorry if this is slopply written or anything, I'm not in a good mental place rn. Also I don't know what to flair this as. So I'm 19 and have been charged with taking care of my mother. She's 49 and was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer 10 years ago. This journey has been hell and it's slowly coming to an end with her being put into hospice around May 1st. My older sister(32) and my brother in law(idk how old he is, maybe 34??) have jobs and are providing for my household since I'm unable to work. We're also getting no help from the government cause my mom can't get on disability (long stor ..read more

Just like that. I was living in a small studio in the back of a house with my father who is bedridden. I do all the caretaking. (Previous post explains why I am in this situation.) I have been trying to send him back to Mexico for a whole month but I have not been able to save enough money to do so as I also have my own bills to pay, my dads food, wipes, diapers, etc. My dad has 2 sisters living here in the U.S and 2 brothers in Mexico. I told my aunts and uncles that I am currently homeless because my father made the owners of the house life impossible and kept telling them he was going to k ..read more

My MIL died in March; we cared for her since October. She was a hoarder. We’re still going through her house. We’re SO CLOSE to being done, but I just don’t know if I have this in me anymore. I just want our lives to go back to normal, I don’t want all the things we’re keeping in my house. I don’t want to go through 70 years of hoarding. I’m so tired; tired of not having weekends, tired of trying to be strong for my husband, tired of all of it. We’re selling the house, it’s actually on the market but photos haven’t been taken yet. It was good motivation for about two days. But not anymore… I ..read more