A Beautiful Life Magazine

Caregivers Need Help Too

Tending to your family member demonstrates love and commitment and can be a very rewarding personal experience. On the other hand, exhaustion, worry, inadequate resources, and continuous care demands are enormously stressful. In recent research, caregivers have been shown to be more likely to have a chronic illness than non-caregivers.

Although, it's important to support the person you care for, and also essential to look after your own mental health. It's important to maintain your own social activities. If you start to feel depressed, anxious and or overwhelmed, it’s better to address how your caring role is affecting your emotional and mental health.

Sharing a great author telling her personal story and the impact on her life and how energy healing helps her to get her life back in control.

"Ever fall in love with the man of your dreams? The person you were going to live the rest of your life with. Have a family with and grow old together? Yeah, that kind of love. Only to find out the Universe has other plans for you.

Years ago, I fell in love and married a man who I thought I would have this perfect life with, but there was one kink in the process. He was Bipolar. What is Bipolar you say? Some people know it as Manic depressive.

Bipolar Disorder is described as a serious mental illness that brings severe highs and low moods. One can feel irritable or impulsive and have reckless decision making. Some who have this disorder can have delusions where they believe things that aren’t true.

As I watched my now ex-husband go through his own inner destruction, I went through my own internal struggles, feeling handcuffed, and unable to help him through the confusion in his life. My young child and I had to eventually leave my ex-husband when he became dangerous to be around. After making sure he was looked after, it was time for me to heal from my own trauma of being the caregiver, the wife, the mother, and everything else life wanted me to be.

I eventually turned to energy healing to get my soul back on track, and today, I have to say that when I feel life’s pressures, I get an energy healing to rebalance what seems off. I finally had a clear head to dust that book I wrote years ago off the shelf and re-write it and now, I have my kid’s book published; Ghost Detective, The Magic Ruby, by my alias, S.R John, for purchase on Amazon, Chapters and Barnes and Noble. I’m on my way into writing my Bipolar story and hope that my experiences will help others navigate the struggles I went through and got out of. Lina has also helped me release some of the guilt and pain I carried for a long time as I navigated my life and I’m grateful for her expertise. “

Only when we first help ourselves can we effectively help others. Caring for yourself is one of the most important—and one of the most often forgotten—things you can do as a caregiver. When your needs are taken care of, the person you care for will benefit, too.