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CAREGIVER STRESS: Post Traumatic Stress and The Caregiver’s Grief

Posted in Relaxation & Stress on July 12th, 2010

: Family Caregiving & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD

The high stress factor in caregiving: Caregivers coping with high stress can over time develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Tears are a sign of Post Traumatic Stress, where the memories associated to traumatic events becomes an “anxiety wound” that is difficult to heal.

Caregivers must learn to recognize the stress and grief brought on from family caregiving, as the emotional wounding can turn into trauma that erodes health for many years down the road.

Do you suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and not even know it? Stress can prevent you from seeing the truth behing health problems.

CAREGIVER STRESS: Alcohol and Depression: The Family Caregiver’s Time Out

Posted in Relaxation & Stress on May 17th, 2010

Time in a bottle - blocking out caregiver stress

Caregiver stress and depression; blocking the trauma and stopping time with alcohol.

Life becomes desperately out of control when the Family Caregiver who can no longer cope with the overwhelming responsibility of care giving tries to block stress and the momentum of time through alcohol use.

When depression takes over, “timeout” in a bottle may eventually become part of the battle. So what is it about alcohol that is so mesmerizing?