It could be something little but its impact on you is day-long: It makes you crabby. Perhaps it’s one caregiving task you must do, but doing it makes you crabby. Or, it could be an interaction with just one person who just makes you crabby. Or, it could be the thought of a situation or relationship that does it: It makes you crabby.
So, today, in Tell Us, where you tell us what might be tough to tell another, What makes you crabby? And, then, tell us what you do to feel better.
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donna ryan
well, its tough to tell another but being really the only person in new york that mom has can I suppose at times make me crabby. It can be very difficult to be the only one to entertain her and spend time with her 24/7. I try hard to keep her stimulated and get her out and things like that. I get crabby wishing she had more friends alive, or if I had a cousin, or a sibling nearby that I can say can you take her for the afternoon….it does get hard.
I however dont like to feel this way. I read something that makes me happy…I think for me focusing on crabby thoughts only escalates my problem not solve it. Of course I most definately have those down days but am happier on the ones I realize this is what Im put here to do and smile and put my hands in the air and just keep saying do the happy dance!!…just the sound of those three words can take my cranky sadness away…we just have to get up every day and do the happy dance…focusing on cranky or crabby for me just does not make me feel better at all!!
Sharon
It makes me crabby when my husband does not do what he can to fight his disease and to do what he can to stay as strong as he possible as long as possible.
Sharon
In my last response to this post I only talked about something that made me crabby. I did not say what makes me feel better. What makes me feel better is when I concentrate on the promises of Scripture and when I think about the many blessings which still are in my life.
Bette
I have a similar situation as Donna’s, in that if I did not orchestrate activities for my mother, they wouldn’t happen. Even when family visits, I have to plan where and what takes place. Being Julie on the Loveboat, isn’t always as fun as the show portrayed. (: On the otherhand, if I don’t have things planned out, it is much much worse. So…being mindful of what it would be like, if I did not keep up with activities, nudges me to keep planning.