When I was caring for my father (he had Lewy body dementia), I did feel invisible at times. It was like my world shrank. Everything was about my dad and his needs. I understood it had to be this way. He had no one else to advocate for him. While I felt led to do so, I had moments when I felt like I was losing myself.
Yes -- the world becomes just about caregiving which is why we start to feel invisible. It's so hard to keep our own life when so much of our life is about caregiving. We see all you did, Evie. We see how much you matter.
When I was caring for my father (he had Lewy body dementia), I did feel invisible at times. It was like my world shrank. Everything was about my dad and his needs. I understood it had to be this way. He had no one else to advocate for him. While I felt led to do so, I had moments when I felt like I was losing myself.
Yes -- the world becomes just about caregiving which is why we start to feel invisible. It's so hard to keep our own life when so much of our life is about caregiving. We see all you did, Evie. We see how much you matter.