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Mcers
Mcers

Hi I'm new to this and just looking to chat with some people who might understand .

I've suffered with anxiety and panic for years , recently it's gotten so much worse due to the responsibility of caring for my 74 year old mother who has recently started suffering from severe anxiety and panic herself so much so that she's like a different person to who she was and it puts me in a,state of panic wondering what she'll be like when I wake her in the morning. I have some help from brothers and sisters but at the end of the day they get to go home to their own houses where I'm here just me and my mam. I suppose I feel totally stuck and on my own and just want to run away, Any conversation or advice would be appreciated

thank you

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  • lisa215
    lisa215 Mcers

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    Hello

    I am in exactly the position that you are. I too suffer badly with anxiety and am a carer for my mother who is 85. I have a brother and a sister who sat they will help but don't do much and, as you say, they go home to their lives and their families. Its just me and my mother as well. Its isolating and depressing and I'm ashamed to say that at times I find myself feeling very resentful. I understand completely how you feel.

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