I've written before about moral injury in caregiving — what happens when the institutions meant to help repeatedly fail, and caregivers end up responsible for needs no single person could reasonably meet. There's another connection between childhood trauma and moral injury that I think deserves...
The Moral Injury Beyond Caregiver Burnout Content note: This article discusses disability caregiving , institutional abandonment, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation. Please read with care. I work with caregivers in my therapy practice and I see how caregiving can collide with codependency, perfectionism, and unresolved trauma....
I’ve been cussing more lately. Maybe I have more to cuss about. Maybe I’m tired. Maybe it’s menopause and I’m just becoming a grumpy old woman. Whatever the reason, I fucking love a good cuss word, and sometimes you just need to let one rip....
I've been talking to ChatGPT a lot lately. More than usual, actually. There has been significant stress in my life, the kind that makes your nervous system search for somewhere to put everything. And lately, some of it has landed here. There is something strangely...