The Difficult Emotions Every Family Caregiver Battles – and How to Let Them Go If you are feeling a bit discouraged in your role as caregiver, take heart; you’re in good company. Providing care help for a loved one is perhaps the most complex role we can hold: highly rewarding on the one hand, while simultaneously frustrating and ever-evolving, frequently resulting in feelings of doubt about whether we are up to the challenge and providing the most effective care. It’s why a number of family caregivers struggle with some or all of these types of feelings: Guilt: It is easy to feel as if you are not doing as much as you should to help your senior loved one, that you’re selfish for seeking time away to yourself, or that you’re inadequate to provide the assistance your loved one needs. Helplessness: There are circumstances when you simply cannot solve the problems your loved one is going through. Anger or frustration: This can be directed at yourself, other members of the family who seem as if they are not doing their fair share, and even at your older loved…