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Do You Feel Like You Have To Be A Perfect Caregiver?
Throughout my son’s PH and transplant experiences I have often been asked, “How do you do it all” and told, “You are so strong”. It does feel good when people acknowledge how much goes into caregiving, but sometimes it can also feel like pressure – pressure to live up to the image people perceive of you.
The truth is, there is no such thing as a perfect caregiver. As I mention in my recent column, “Caregivers function through trial and error, experience moments of emotional imbalance, often feel indecisive and sleep-deprived, and even slack on personal hygiene because they forget the importance of taking care of themselves.”
We do the best we can but the job is too complex to be perfect at it. Do you agree? Do you ever feel pressure brought on by yourself or someone else, to be a perfect caregiver?
Here is the link to my recent column, “Perfect Caregivers Are Not Real“.
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