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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t know if studies, but I use many of the same child caring skills when caring for my parents, so I just assume it’s stimulating the same areas of my brain.[/quote]

Not OP, but you must have lovely parents. It was a whole different ballpark for me. I read up a lot on studies. Depression, burnout, illness and even death become a much higher risk. It was nothing like caring for my children. Sure there may be challenging days, some feelings of burnout, sleep deprivation endued anxiety or depression, but they were milder and more transient. Best thing I ever did was outsource and tell siblings if they preferred more inheritance they are welcome to take over. My immune system came back to functioning. My spirit lifted and I took more joy in life and my feelings of hopelessness disappeared. Keep in mind I am raising teens-one with special needs and one who has rebellious phases and can have quite a tude and this is still much easier. I chose to have kids and will rise to any challenge. I didn't chose to have a mother who lashes out and becomes abusive when stressed/tired/in pain/feeling shame/feeling like she isn't getting enough attention/hungry/has indigestion or a negative thought or whatever. She was always like this, but it was like that on steroids with aging and she didn't want to stay on meds and she passed every dementia test and she didn't want to move to AL. Dad managed his emotions better around me and could be grateful so while it was stressful and he was demanding, I wasn't sick all the time and getting diagnosed with new medical issues and basically falling apart. The emotional drain and hangover is the part that is so toxic.       [/quote]

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