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[quote=Anonymous]Having been through watching my mother slowly lose her sanity caring for my dad over many years, I don't think people understand just how draining it is. Give her a break. It's not like caring for a child who presumably will be independent one day. When parenting you are most likely in decent health yourself and feeling at the peak of you cognitive capacity minus some mommy fog. He mom probably has her own age related aches pains and issues and this is all just too much. Her generation was not trained to recognize what they need emotionally and to assertively and respectfully communicate it. Rather than sitting here deciding it's some horrible thing she is doing TO YOU, just assume it is a sign she is stressed out, doesn't find you helpful right now and just have EMPATHY. Just because you think you are helping, doesn't mean she always finds you helpful. See if you can find cues she is finding you stressful before she takes a break and maybe she won't need to if you back off some.[/quote]

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