A venue for caregivers to vent

I am the grown child of a woman who needed care for the last 18 months of her life.

I am one of 5 children. I will admit that my other siblings helped in other ways, but I was the one who bore the burden of care. I was the one who spent many nights at the hospital, the one who dealt with bodily fluids, the one who cleaned her surgical wound.

I was the one who dealt with diapers.

I was the one who dealt with a few outburst and with my mother's contrarian behavior.

I do not regret what I did for her.

I do regret I had nobody to talk to about my feelings and needs during this period of time.

It is not easy to admit to my self, let alone to other people, that I disliked my mother's attitude during her last months. How could I tell my siblings I felt overwhelmed and useless.

I needed to talk to somebody.

This is why I have come up with some type of service that is aimed to leand an ear to caregivers.

If the person in charge of caring for a loved one cannot talk about what frustrates, angers, and scares them, their situation will take a toll on them.

If a caregiver just wants to vent their emotions, they should have a space to do so. A space where they will not judged.

One day a person might want to talk about what scares them. Another day they might just want to vent and have somebody just hear them rant.

This is not therapy. I am not a therapist.

I want to come up with a service that will just put two people in contact and have one of them talk until they are blue in the face.

Caregivers need a lot of support.

This is one way they can get support.