Caregiver Emotions

Taking care of someone with TBI or PTSD can be exhausting and enormously stressful. Most caregivers know what it’s like to feel lonely, anxious, depressed, guilty, or angry. It’s okay not to be okay all the time, as caregiver Norma Myers writes. Here are some ways to cope with these emotions.

Grief & Ambiguous Loss
Learning About Ambiguous Loss
What Is Ambiguous Loss and How Does It Relate to Brain Injury?
The Space of Your Grief
Learning About Ambiguous Loss
Land of Lost Dreams
Staying Present in the Face of Ambiguous Loss
Processing Loss and Grief After a Brain Injury
Unfreezing Grief
The Double-sided Coin of Grief
Isolation & Loneliness
Coping with Caregiver Isolation and Loneliness
The Loneliest Season
Strategies to Help People with TBI and Their Families Deal with Loneliness
Kindred Caregivers
Caregivers Need Support, Too
The Unfixable Mess Inside
One Simple Way to Fight Depression
Guilt & Remorse
Avoiding Guilt and Blame
Banishing Caregiver's Remorse
The Shame of Embarrassment
My Child's Brain Injury: Coping with Guilt
Avoiding Guilt and Blame
It's Okay Not to Be Okay
From the Heart: Double Trauma and Delayed Grief
Fear & Anxiety
Who to Trust?
Coping with Fear
The Only Thing Holding Me Back
Who to Trust?
How To Let TBI Take Over Your Life — or Not
On the Road Again
Anger & Resentment
Caregiver Anger: Five Ways to Keep From Blowing Your Top
Caregiver Anger: Five Ways to Keep From Blowing Your Top
How To Let TBI Take Over Your Life — or Not
Irritable Gratitude Syndrome
No Such Thing as Fair
Does Acceptance Mean Defeat?