Establishing Healthy Boundaries to Avoid Caregiver Burnout

Are you a caregiver for a parent, friend, spouse or friend? If you are, have you ever felt frustrated, irritable, distant, angry or depressed? If you have, you are not alone. Many caregivers feel this way and what you are experiencing is burnout or compassion fatigue. Burnout usually happens very quickly but there are ways to help yourself feel better and change the negative feeling. There are usually 2 reasons why burnout occurs: 1. Lack of personal boundaries and 2. Feeling guilty that you are not doing enough. Establishing healthy limits as caregivers and knowing it is ok to say no can combat the causes of burnout.

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