This morning Dave was especially chatty, half awake he shouted out feelings like, "Where is the car? How long will it be? and then my name and more." All at 5:00 am. He also said "I am getting up" but he didn't move, or so I thought. I needed my son to help put him back in bed. He was half hanging out, next step would be the floor. Next came pill taking time. Dave was not in the mood and spit out the pill. This makes me feel exasperated, angry and hopeless to the point of tears.
I found some information at a caretaker's web site. It said to write down and label your feelings. This is called "affect labeling", it helps to alleviate the pain. It really did help.
I offer this web site at a place called Quartz so I can not be accused of plagerism: https://qz.com/989060/reduce-stress-and-anxiety-with-a-pen-and-this-simple-neuroscience-backed-trick/
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