Taking
care of your emotions is often challenging and uncomfortable to manage. Whether
you are a caregiver or not, it is essential to take care of your necessities.
Neglecting your mealtimes, sleep routine, social connections, and exercise
makes your emotions feel scattered. Being a caretaker is not an easy task to
do. Your priorities get shifted and you focus on the person that needs your
attention.
Often you feel
lonely, guilty, impatient, and unappreciated as a caretaker. Yet, being the
only caretaker in the family makes you realize who are your real friends.
Sometimes being a caretaker makes you lose your friendships and relationships.
However, being a caretaker is the best option for the person you are taking
care of. Avoiding burnout is the toughest aspect of being a caretaker because
it takes a lot of physical and mental energy from you.
Even if you are
not a caretaker, you are still vulnerable to burnout. Being in a romantic
relationship makes you forget about yourself. As well constant worry, concern,
and your partner's feelings make you unaware of how you feel. Therefore, you
concentrate more on your partner without them knowing it. You absorb your
partner's habits, and actions, and repeat their quotes.
Nonetheless,
concentrating on just your partner and not you can become an unhealthy
relationship over time. When your partner is not feeling well and hides his
feelings from you; It makes it difficult to help your partner to feel better.
Other times, your partner might feel it is not important to tell you everything
even if it is bothering them. Nevertheless, your intuition tells you that
something is bothering your partner. Unspoken emotions and feelings are the
toughest factors to manage in a relationship.
Other times, your
partner may not listen to you all the time. His actions, behavior, and other
circumstances make him withdraw from you emotionally. Furthermore, being in
unhealthy relationships hurts your self-esteem, self-confidence, and your
overall health. Sometimes focusing too much on your partner makes you neglect
your emotional health. Moreover, blocking your emotions without attending to
them makes it hard to understand how you feel.
To have a healthy relationship with your partner need to have a balance between both partners. Commitment, communication, connections, trust, loyalty, and sharing are important for a healthy relationship; As well as speaking in terms of "we" and "us." Doing self-care individually and together can also strengthen your relationship. However not sharing each other's emotions and feelings does put a strain on any relationship. Besides feeling bored, not feeling good enough, and pessimistic self-talk is hurtful towards your partner.
Before you get
into a romantic relationship make sure it is the appropriate time and place to
be with someone. Sometimes having too many emotional issues and too many
priorities make it complicated to be in a relationship. Other times you might
meet a fine person to be in a relationship with but end up being with an
unfitting person. Denying your feelings and emotions for one person is closing
yourself to a better relationship. An emotional blockage makes you in an
unhealthy relationship.
Emotional blocks
make you indecisive, frustrated, unaware, mood swings, and fearful. Yet, not working
on your emotional blockage makes it harder to be in a healthy relationship.
Continually working on your emotional wellness makes you see what is best for
you and what is not. Practice self-care for your emotions. Seek professional
therapy and counseling.
During October
devote some time to emotional wellness. Practice relaxation techniques and do
not neglect your necessities. Give yourself some time to understand, accept,
and manage your emotions. Practice emotional wellness with your partner and by
yourself to have a stronger bond in your marriage. Here are websites for
Emotional Wellness Month.
What are Emotionally Healthy Relationships:
Emotional Side of Caregiving:
https://www.caregiver.org/resource/emotional-side-caregiving/
Improve Emotional Health:
https://www.livewellwithsharonmartin.com/improve-emotional-health/
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