How do you cope living with family when it's a toxic environment but you can't yet afford to leave? While being a caregiver 💔
I absolutely hate my life, but I also dread having to instantly pay bills etc as soon as I start working, **I'm also finding myself worried about what could happen If I lost my job or something** idk life is just too much sometimes.
I have absolutely nothing so it's hard to even feel interested or excited for the future. I'm tired already. being at home has drained me, I didn't have some easy life.
I have to be in a caregiving role for my parent and at times it is way too much.
I also forget sometimes the exact times to give the parent their medicine , to which my sister gets mad (sh.used to be rhe main carer but I started helping more since I got older) But he could HELP me if he sees I'm struggling to remember times, I am also the one who collects them and she doesn't help. I also have to tell her to order them , I didn't realise I should do it say a week before they run out because my mind is so busy so she got mad at that and I understand but I also feel like she could help me with these by asking me if she needs to order more sometimes.
I understand why she got mad but I'm also fed up of it all, it's causing me to have resentment towards everyone here I CAN'T keep a clear head and remember things when I'm constantly friggin stressed and drained.
I was planning to move out this year but agreed to stay to help care for the loved one while my sibling goes away for a while, and now I feel so much worse, I feel so much dread, I no longer have that "escape" to look forward to :( 💔
however she's coming back after a few months, by then life will be better because I'm going to make it better and find better ways to cope with this and **I'm going to start pouring into myself and my own life more** !
I also may eventually just tell my sister I want to go ahead with my original plans and move out, she might get mad that I basically went back on my word which is very valid of her, **but I am done, seriously my world feels so gloomy and death seems like the only escape sometimes** !
I'm resentful, and I'm tired of being drained. housework drains me. I've become a shell of myself , my room is a mess, I avoid cleaning because I'm so burnt out, my brother judges me sometimes even though he understands sometimes that I'm just overwhelmed etc.
I'm also resentful at him because he has started picking up more with the housework and sometimes he acts like he had to suffer "because" of us yada yada when I felt the exact same about him at times..! He could add to the housework load too! But for me I didn't judge him, I gave him understanding, knowing I'd been there myself too (not doing much housework due to the overwhelm of carrying so much of it all and in general)
There were times I did everything, and times I needed help with things but nobody cared..
Another example, when I'd see my siblings room a mess or parents, I'd offer to help them or just do it because I felt bad for them, clearly they weren't in a good place etc, and it's nice to help, I didn't judge them **My room never gets messy, up until like the end of last year when I started getting rly depressed, nobody rly seemed to care of offers me help if it gets like that**
Which is fine but I've just been realising how so much of my labour is unseen in the end.
**I also noticed that when cooking, people seem to feel bad for her and want to help her, but with me nobody offers to help lmao** . I have clocked that.
**I can't cope anymore, I do NOT want to be here, I HATE my life, I HATE feeling so gloomy and full of dread every single damn day** But I'm also trapped,
I'm done.