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3 Steps to Deal with Emotional Overwhelm as a Family Caregiver: The Emotional Processing Tool

Family Caregivers: Stop Feeling Overwhelmed: – Manage Your Emotions so Your Emotions Don’t Manage You

Journal Using The Emotional Processing Tool: A 3 Step Process to Get Curious about Your Emotions, See What Needs are Being Unmet, Feel into a New Feeling, and Create Healthier Strategies for Inner Peace and Calm.

Do your emotions manage you or do you manage your emotions? Chances are, if you are a family caregiver, your emotions are in the driver’s seat. Emotions like fear, anger, sadness, and even sometimes guilt may override the mission at hand. Here are some tips on how to deal with emotional overwhelm as a family caregiver and come out ahead of your emotions.

Here is the simple three-step process:

1. Questioning your stories (is this fact or fiction/is this an unmet need or both?)
2. Finding opposing evidence
3. Using emotions plus repetition to transform your beliefs

If you repeatedly tell yourself or think the thoughts, “I am overwhelmed,” your brain goes “okay, boss – I’ll get right on that.” Then, the spirit of overwhelm is what you are embodying. Unfortunately, once your brain is on board with this thought pattern, your body follows suit and you become worn down and unwell physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Enter burnout.

Yes, of course, caregiving is overwhelming, but there are ways to manage those times and travel through your journey with more power and grace.