Barrage of emotional events - how do you cope?

Lilith1980

Errata wrote: »

Jo - you can get some support from the Macmillan helpline and website for your self to help you support your mum. Your mum will have her own Macmillan nurse and their job is to support the immediate family as well as the patient.
HTH and best wishes to you and your mum

I believe that there are counsellors who work for Macmillan with relatives of those people with cancer. It might give you some release to be able to offload to someone about everything you have been going through.

You've been through a lot and sound incredibly strong, but make time to get some support for you as well as trying to support others ((hugs)).

clearing_out_my_pockets

I second the posters who say that you need to get support for yourself - I went through a bad patch in late 2006 / early 2007 and had no one. I literally mean NO ONE. I was too busy holding everyone else together that I neglected my own needs and emotions. I'm not ready to explain my 'issues' but suffice to say that because I didn't deal with it at the time I am filled with anger, hatred and sadness about what happened. I was offered support from outside sources but was too proud to accept. Don't make my mistake x