Caregivers struggle with indecisiveness and ambivalence...
If a "rollercoaster" describes one type
of emotional ride that caregivers of mentally ill
relatives often experience, there is another effect
experienced by caregivers which is more accurately
compared to a seesaw.
Caregivers often oscillate between seemingly opposing
feelings and strategies for acting on the circumstances
of the illness.
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The Ups and Downs
Have you experienced this kind of seesaw? Can
you think of other examples of contradictory
feelings or impulses within yourself? How much
and how often do you vacillate? Do you come
down on yourself for being indecisive at times?
What would it feel like to accept that two
contradictory impulses might not be mutually
exclusive? How would it be to stop trying to
resolve the competing ideas into a single, best
way? In other words, what would it take for
you to stop trying to find the best end of the
seesaw to sit on, and start noticing the nature
of the ride itself.
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