Thank you. I will look for the book. Is it more for the caregiver, or those around the caregiver?
It’s written for caregivers. It helped me understand my own experience and emotions. For good or ill, caregiving really is a transformative experience.
The book also helped me better understand those around me. It’s easy to interpret the words and actions of non-caregivers as intentionally hurtful, but the book helped me to step back and see that intensive caregiving can only be understood by those who’ve done it, and I shouldn’t interpret others’ lack of understanding as intentional cruelty. If I had not undergone the caregiver “journey,” I might be saying and doing some of the same things my siblings are, so I need cut them some slack.