Road to Resilience - How to avoid feeling overwhelmed

Sam_Alumni

We have a new series of films to share with you, from parents and carers for parents and carers called The Road to Resilience.

This film is about how to avoid feeling overwhelmed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glACggVD_kM&feature=youtu.be

Please let us know what you think and share your own experiences and stories.

debbiedo49

Great video!

rachaeljennings

I feel very isolated as a parent/carer. 

mellowwhippet

So do I @rachaeljennings!

WayneDwyer

So do I Rachel as a Dad trying to do all the right things, hold down a Job, provide for my girls, take an active caring role etc, etc. My wife gets amazing support from friends. My friends steer clear of all conversation regarding my disabled daughter. Occasionally all I want to hear is hey your doing ok just to calm all my own anxiety and stress about stuff we have to cope with. With no family. I feel I am on an island looking out across an uncharted ocean.

Dotty123

There is always someone on here cares the little things you do that make you smile your kids hugging you saying love you dad dwp may be nasty but it makes us stronger x

Sam_Alumni

That's lovely @Dotty123

Dotty123

If we don’t live for friends on here and words of hope what is there we give ourselves shake have few tears and pray we come out ok at end so to all of us going thru esa **** hold your head up and smile they can’t take that away xx

Matt_Scope

Scope now has a new service to help any parent or carer of a child newly diagnosed with a disability, which aims to help on the road to resilience.  This phone based service aims to develop a plan to assist you move forward in a number of areas of life that may have been affected by the diagnosis, that you have received or are currently going through.  for further information, or to find out how to contact us, visit https://www.scope.org.uk/news-and-stories/navigate-gives-you-the-information-to-move-forward

WayneDwyer

Great to know there is service in place for such a challenging period in a long! Long! Journey!

ellisael

Thank you for this wonderful video. I have been myself fortifying my feelings with much thoughts about caregiving-and being a caregiver. Forums like these with resources like the above video have really really come through. I have been reading a lot on basic psychology and found especially this Psych Intro book by Spencer A Rathus important for real life examples i could connect to like for mood disorders. I also want to share with you two of the wonderful blogs that i read where honest posts about caregiving and the grey nature of caregiving is fully discussed. Caregiving burnout and depression are also addressed in Caregiver Warrior and The Caregiving Space..

April2018mom

I found this article helpful https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-living/living-well-with-a-disability.htm

supermummy1990

thank you for posting this as sometimes its easy to forget your not alone my daughter goes to a mainstream school and the judgement from other children and there parents is shocking on a day to day basis  im new to this community but glad that I joined 

Adrian_Scope

We're glad you found us @supermummy1990.