Taking a Vacation from Caregiving – Part 2: Dealing with Separation Anxiety in Torrence CA

Taking a Vacation from Caregiving – Part 2: Dealing with Separation Anxiety in Torrence CA Taking a Vacation from Caregiving – Part 2: Dealing with Separation Anxiety by Carol Bradley Bursack, Editor-in-Chief Caregiving is, by nature, emotional. When loved... More

Taking a Vacation from Caregiving – Part 2: Dealing with Separation Anxiety in Torrence CA Taking a Vacation from Caregiving – Part 2: Dealing with Separation Anxiety by Carol Bradley Bursack, Editor-in-Chief Caregiving is, by nature, emotional. When loved ones need our care, it’s generally because their health is beginning to fail. As this happens, giving care can become a full-time occupation, mentally if not physically. If we decide that we need a break from the pressures of 24/7 caregiving, we often suffer emotional separation anxiety, headed by guilt. How do we cope with our emotions well enough to actually enjoy the vacation we’ve chosen to take? If there is one emotion that nearly all dedicated caregivers have in common, it’s guilt. We feel guilty for not giving enough when we’ve given all we can; we feel guilty for not being able to make someone well, when no one can do that; we feel guilty if our loved one isn’t happy all the time; we feel guilty if we do something fun fo Less