| curl-6 said: Congrats Verter, happy for ya man. :) Well, I finally organized my brother's vaccinations; he has autism like me but his is a little bit more intense and he needs looking after in some respects, like having his appointments and things organized for him. Sometimes I feel like I'm his parent, and a helicopter parent at that just cos of my severe anxiety; I worry about him so much. I'm starting to come to terms with the fact that he may never be able to be fully independent, but as long as he is happy, that's okay. I just don't know if I can be his carer for the rest of my life, as at some point I want to be independent myself, move out of the flat we share and have my own family. Hopefully in the future services will improve and we'll be able to organize the right support for him, so that we can each live our own lives. I love him to bits, I just don't know if I'm cut out to be his stand-in Dad forever. |
Thanks! Now I only need to find a good one. =P The current one is (a bit) crappy and not 100% partial-time, but at least will help me have some financial independence.
By the way, your situation with your brother, while not the same at all, vaguely reminds me of mine with my uncle: I've become quite useful here taking care of him (a disabled person with schizophrenic personality) and it's harder for my family to do it when I'm not, so I kind of understand how you feel.
I'm mostly a lurker now.
