Caregiver guilt hits hardest here. You want your life back. Wanting is not betrayal, it is a sign you are still in there. What worries me is the ones who cannot say what they would do with a free day anymore. #DrAyngi #CaregiverBurnout #HealthyBoundaries

Caregiver overwhelm has a tell and the word is should. Go down the list and ask who actually asked me for this. Not who would appreciate it. Who asked. A good part of that list came from nobody. Cross off three. #DrAyngi #CaregiverBurnout #BurnoutRecovery

Self-care for tired caregivers starts with daylight. Waiting rooms with no windows. Blinds half closed because somebody is sleeping. Driving at night. Your body has not seen a real morning in months. Ten minutes outside before noon. #DrAyngi #SelfCareForCaregivers #CaregiverBurnout

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Family caregiving is almost never split evenly. One does it. The others call on Sundays and ask how she is doing. Stop building the case and start making the ask. Specific, small, dated. A no is at least information. #DrAyngi #FamilyCaregiver #CaregiverBurnout

Caregiver burnout gets worse every time you rank your load. But she has three kids. At least mine still knows my name. There is always somebody carrying more. They are deleting their sentence too. #DrAyngi #CaregiverBurnout #CaregiverStress

Watching my 86 year old Mom grieve the loss of a family pet has been hard. Of course I’m guessing the thoughts she’s having about her own mortality. I try to talk openly with her when it’s the right moment. One of the many difficult conversations! #familycaregiver #caregiversupport #caregiverburnout

Self-care for busy caregivers is a calendar problem. How many appointments have you made for somebody else this year? Now how many for yourself? Everybody is depending on a system with one moving part. #DrAyngi #SelfCareForCaregivers #CaregiverBurnout

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If you’re constantly taking care of everyone else, you may be neglecting yourself in ways you don’t even notice.

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Caregiver exhaustion has an hour. Eleven at night, when the house finally goes quiet and you refuse to go to bed. That is not bad discipline. It is the only hour of the day that belongs to you. Move the hour into daylight. #DrAyngi #CaregiverBurnout #RestForTheWeary

Caregiver support breaks at two words. I am fine. You say it before the question even lands. People cannot carry what they cannot see, so they believe you. Then you resent them for believing you. Say one true sentence this week. #DrAyngi #CaregiverSupport #CaregiverBurnout

Self-care for busy caregivers can start at the table. When did you last sit all the way down and eat something that was not cold? Eating standing up says I do not warrant a chair. You do. One meal this week, sitting down. #DrAyngi #SelfCareForCaregivers #CaregiverBurnout

Caregiver guilt will lie to you and say it means you love harder. Guilt and love are not the same thing. Love already showed up. #DrAyngi #CaregiverBurnout #CaregiverMentalLoad

#CaregiverBurnout -- Love and Resentment Can Coexist