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The Overwhelmed Brain

Avoid taking on the pain and suffering of others

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni: Emotional Abuse and Relationship Expert

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

It can be a struggle to be there for loved ones struggling. And the more empathetic you feel, the more you may feel yourself getting deeper into the same struggle with them. It can sometimes be a challenge to be there for someone without losing yourself in the process.

Transcript

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0:00.0

These are my personal opinions. Always seek a professional when you're making choices about your mental health and well-being.

0:11.0

All right, I'm going to try to get to two messages today. I'm not very good at that. I usually just spend my time on one. But I will try.

0:20.7

And so this first message is somebody who wrote about their mother-in-law being at risk

0:25.2

of Alzheimer's.

0:26.9

And he said, I recently found out my mother-in-law is at a high risk of Alzheimer's, and this

0:31.8

just gives me flashbacks of when my mom had Alzheimer's, and as a result result passed away from it a few years ago.

0:40.3

But I'm scared and worried for my wife and brother-in-law because they've never had to face this situation.

0:46.3

I've already been through it and I know what it's like and I fear they don't really know what to expect.

0:51.3

I've tried to explain and prepare them for it, but it's difficult to explain or

0:55.0

express to someone who's never gone through this. My wife is kind of accepting the fact that her

1:00.4

mom's losing her memory, but my brother-in-law is undoubtedly in denial about the situation,

1:06.1

and I honestly don't know how they'll react if and when she gets diagnosed with it.

1:11.6

The good news is that the doctor said at this time everything's normal,

1:14.7

but I know for a fact that that can change within weeks or even overnight.

1:19.1

How do I cope?

1:20.3

How do I prepare myself for their reaction?

1:23.9

So thank you for sharing that.

1:25.8

And I'm sorry that this is happening.

1:28.3

It's very difficult when somebody gets a disease like this because they change.

1:34.3

They completely change and you just don't recognize them.

1:40.3

A lot of them change into somebody you don't recognize.

1:46.9

And sometimes they don't recognize you.

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