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Denise on Jan 4th, 2010 in
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Spending so much time with your care recipient may unearth behaviors or situations or habits that are, well, just bizarre. The behaviors may be related to a disease process; the habits, to a way of life. Either way, you keep these to yourself because, well, who you would believe you?
But, the keeping in can keep you feeling shame about a situation undeserving of it. It also keeps you from knowing that most...
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Arrive everywhere loved.
–Mariah, wife of Ron Gladis, one of our 2009 Caregiver of the Year award winners
You probably have heard the expression: “You have to feel it to heal it.”
That, often, is easier said than done.
To feel our shame, we must feel safe. We might find that safety in a support group, in our journal or with a therapist or counselor (or all three). Whatever...
(Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a three-part series on shame and its role in your caregiving experience. In our second part, we take a look at how shame enters a caregiving situation.)
When I think of how shame can come to a caregiving role, I think of Jeannette, a woman I helped care for about 10 years ago. Because I haven’t had the personal experience of caregiving, I’ve taken on hired caregiving...
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(Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a three-part series on shame and its role in your caregiving experience. In our first part, we look at the origins of shame.)
For you, it may have started with a comment or remark or a look. “Typically children are shamed when they wet their bed, get a bad grade on a test, are picked last for a team, or have an awkward physical...
