Caregiver Burnout & Mental Health: The Feelings We Don’t Talk About

Caregiver burnout doesn't always look like complete exhaustion. Sometimes it looks like anger, resentment, fear, guilt, or even wanting to get as far away from the person you love as possible.This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach have an honest conversation about caregiver mental health and the emotions that can be difficult to admit, especially when you've spent months or years in survival mode.Liz shares a deeply personal experience that helped her recognize disgust as part of her own response to caregiving trauma. Nikki opens up about learning to recognize her fight response and why she's had to practice pausing before reacting, fixing, or trying to change something outside of her control.Together, they explore caregiver burnout, trauma responses, emotional processing, boundaries, self-compassion, and the complicated transition that can happen when an intense caregiving season ends. They also talk about accepting people for who they are without abandoning yourself, finding small ways to care for your mental health when time and resources are limited, and why having even one person you can be completely honest with can matter.Because caregiving can bring out emotions we're not proud of. That doesn't mean we have to hide from them. Learning to understand what we're feeling may be part of finding our way through.To learn more about Mind What Matters or to support our mission head to our website. Connect with us on Instagram | Facebook | YouTube-----------------Mind What Matters is produced by the team at Palm Tree Pod Co.