Taking Care When You're the Caregiver (caregiver burnout)

Dr. Laura's Deep Dive Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Many of you are sacrificing a large part of your lives to take care of an ill spouse, child, parent or other loved one. Often caregivers are women who are still raising their own children, and I just don't know how any human can manage all of that. If you are a caretaker, this Deep Dive is for you to help you prevent the stress involved from taking a serious toll on your emotional and physical health. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:35.0	Many of you are sacrificing a large part of your lives to take care
0:44.1	of an ill spouse, child, parent, or other loved one.
0:44.0	Most often, caregivers are women who are still raising their own children, and I just don't
0:49.7	know how any human being can manage all of that. If you are a caretaker, this deep dive is for you to
0:57.5	help you prevent the stress involved from taking a serious toll on your emotional and physical health.
1:04.0	Many of you don't actually have any specific training for this kind of hard work.
1:09.0	You're probably pushing yourself to the point of exhaustion and then feeling guilty for the negative thoughts you have over draining responsibilities.
1:20.0	Caretaking can also be very isolating.
1:22.8	It's such a difficult combination.
1:25.4	This email I received from Gwen
1:28.2	beautifully expresses the stress and strain of making someone else's
1:32.0	health care needs your priority. She wrote,
1:36.0	hi Dr Laura, I wanted to thank you for something you just said to a caller. She asked if it's appropriate for her to continue asking a
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