A serious diagnosis – for example when cancer is diagnosed, or even Parkinson’s disease, as was recently the case with ex-Mayor of Vienna Michael Häupl – not only throws the lives of the affected patients into disarray. The relatives are also having a hard time. Finding the right words, helping in a meaningful way and taking care of yourself at the same time is often difficult. Read here how you can do this.
Michaela H. was deeply shocked when her best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. The two women have known each other since school and have been together through thick and thin for years. The tumor was discovered late and the prognosis is uncertain. Michaela H’s girlfriend needs surgery and will immediately start chemotherapy. She cries a lot and is afraid that she will not see her children grow up. Michaela H. wants to be there for her – visits her every day, supports her husband in everyday life and above all tries to be an emotional support.
Burnout after girlfriend’s diagnosis
“Best friends are there for each other, even in bad times,” she says with conviction. For a long time she did not want to accept that the burden of her own life – Michaela H. works full-time and has three children of her own – is gradually becoming too much for her. “But I also deteriorated quickly physically and mentally, cried constantly and wanted to pull myself together for my girlfriend – after all, she is terminally ill, so what am I complaining about this year?” attacks, depressive moods.
Source: Krone
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