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Personal Care for the Caregiver and Caregiving

My biggest piece of advice for someone who is a caregiver either full-time or part-time for a significant other is to make sure you're also providing yourself with care. You cannot serve others if you are not serving yourself.
What selfcare looks like for one WAGS will look vastly different then it will for another.
In our home which is fully accessible and because Jake's is a T11/T12 incomplete, I'm lucky he is very self-sufficient.
But, I still self-impose a deep since of responsibility for him. And juggling caregiver and wife is a tricky line to walk.
For me, selfcare involves regular therapy (even if its often me just rambling nonsense for an hour each week), frequent hot baths just to soak, and forcing myself to get out and about with just myself (even if its just window shopping for a couple of hours).
What do ya'll do to provide yourself with some selfcare?
What selfcare looks like for one WAGS will look vastly different then it will for another.
In our home which is fully accessible and because Jake's is a T11/T12 incomplete, I'm lucky he is very self-sufficient.
But, I still self-impose a deep since of responsibility for him. And juggling caregiver and wife is a tricky line to walk.
For me, selfcare involves regular therapy (even if its often me just rambling nonsense for an hour each week), frequent hot baths just to soak, and forcing myself to get out and about with just myself (even if its just window shopping for a couple of hours).
What do ya'll do to provide yourself with some selfcare?
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