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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes welcome to the sandwich generation.

I tend to eat for any reason (stress, fun, bonding, hunger...) and in these years have been a little chunky, but a year ago my mom and one DD got me so stressed out I started to shake and couldn't eat.  It was hell.  It seemed no matter how hard I worked at it, I was failing at helping either of them, and my other DC was neglected in the mess.  Anyways it's over now; my mom died, and oddly, the covid situation seems to have calmed and grown up my DD.

We still have financial problems linked to DH's selfish parents, but it's a different kind of pressure than my mom's illness. [/quote]

OP here. My heart goes out to you. Yes, when one of my kids was diagnosed with SN I gained soo much weight. The stress of elderly issues made me gain, and then lose my appetite. When things got really bad I kept losing and then decided to be ultra healthy. I decided I will have a nervous breakdown if I am dealing with sugar crashes and energy issues too and it was a way to show myself love when I was getting bombarded with stress. So now I lose much slower, but the healthy food and exercise keeps me from falling apart. For is, the elderly parent issues improved with Covid and techniques. Nobody throws tantrums out in public from 10 feet away. I think Covid has made my child with SN worse, even though initially things were better and he seemed more mature. My daughter is all over the map too, but not as extreme as my son. Calgon...take me away![/quote]

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