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fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

Help! I've Sacrificed Christmas With My Family for the Sake of My Marriage. I'm Starting to Resent It.

It's been seven years since we were with my family on Christmas Day. Two of those years we were hunkered down at home with a newborn/about to give birth. The other five years we have spent with my husband's family. My father-in-law has been terminally ill for 12 years, and it's a miracle that he has lived this long. We've truly thought that every year has been his last Christmas, but this year, I really think it's his last.
Relationships
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Asking Eric: My rituals to keep my loved ones alive have taken over my life

Now I'm afraid I'll lose anyone at any time. I have OCD and all my rituals are focused around keeping my mom, sister, husband and current cats safe and alive. I text my mom constantly, and if she doesn't answer for a few hours, I panic. I've started crying and hyperventilating if she didn't send her usual I'm OK morning text by the time she always does; I'm ready to drive to her apartment, prepared to find her body.
Mental health
Mental health
fromTiny Buddha
1 month ago

When the Body Freezes: On Love and Grief in Midlife - Tiny Buddha

Midlife caregiving brings quiet anticipatory grief as adult children juggle distance, dwindling parental health, financial constraints, and the tension between hope and heartbreak.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Grieving Someone Who's Still Here

Anticipatory grief causes real emotional and physical symptoms in caregivers of dying or cognitively declining loved ones and requires acknowledgment, shared care, and emotional support.
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