Caregivers, Let's Talk About Caring for Yourself - Mindful
https://sites.google.com/view/chronicpainrelief As the caregiver of a loved one with chronic pain, you may experience painful emotions like grief, anger, or feeling stuck. Christiane Wolf explores how you can create the space to extend compassion to yourself, while building resilience to meet the challenges you face. Suffering from chronic pain isn’t hard for just the person going through it; it’s also a huge challenge for anyone in a close relationship with them. If a close friend or family member has chronic pain, it will naturally have an effect on their emotional state and on your relationship. It will change your relationship. The closer the person is to the pain sufferer, the more strongly they will be affected. If they are both the life partner/close family member and also the caregiver, they may even be hit harder than the person in pain. Studies suggest that the partner of someone with chronic pain who is also the caregiver is even worse off than the one they are taking care