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To think my family do not care about me in the slightest?

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ucanttouchthis · 16/10/2018 12:08

I've posted about this before so I won't go into too much detail.
I'm 32 nearly 33 I've cared for my grandad for over 10 years who has dementia and is 96.
His local son won't help,his daughter abroad won't come anymore.
Bumped into local son today and first thing he said "im off to hospital " can't talk
He lies about going here there and everywhere so he doesn't get asked a favour.
Im suffering from a anxiety disorder now,I can't leave the house,I get the taxi to and from grandads everyday and get shopping delivered.
I can't go outside now because I start getting all these physical symptoms and can't do it anymore.
In January I begged my aunt for help,told her I was so unhappy and I had self harmed.
She still hasn't been over.
My mum died when I was 14 and I honestly thought my aunt loved me and would look out for me.
Look at the state I'm in and she couldn't care a less.
If my mum could look down and see the state I'm in she would be so upset.
The stress is too much,I've told my aunt I was on the verge of a breakdown months ago.
Nothing
As long as I'm here doing my job she doesn't care that I'm broken With no life.
No boyfriend,no job and no children
She's happy for me to continue living my life like this.
Why do my family not care about me?
Why am I not important enough to care about?
Can anyone explain?
What I've done wrong please ?

OP posts:
Huggefire15 · 17/10/2018 12:02

You have posted the same questions before, so this is Ground Hog day. How can you change this ? Get a paid job, get a life. The only thing that is stopping you is guilt.

SnuggyBuggy · 17/10/2018 12:20

Is it still bad form when the OP is clearly full of shit?

JessieLemon · 17/10/2018 12:21

It’s not bad form, when most people wouldn’t even think to check unless notified.

MapleLeafRag · 17/10/2018 14:05

If I were in your shoes I would try to get a live-in job in a hotel etc. move away and start a new life - earn some money, do some sort of training and live a life - make new friends, go out, go places etc. etc.

Don't let your best years drain away doing this thankless task.

peachgreen · 17/10/2018 14:25

@jux It's not bad form when people are spending time and emotional energy responding in good faith to OP's posts which are at best inconsistent.

Jux · 17/10/2018 18:19

I disagree. No one forces anyone to read a thread or to answer on it. What you've said is tantamount to trollhunting.

Sashkin · 17/10/2018 18:36

My grandad after a week refused them so that was that

So back he goes to hospital, until the careers are reinstated (should be less than 24hrs). Rinse and repeat until he either accepts the carers, or the decision is made that he does not have capacity to refuse the carers, or he is placed in a care home.

Lots of older people don’t want strangers in their home. That does not mean that their grandchildren need to give up their jobs to be full-time unpaid carers. If your GF cannot grasp that, he does not have the capacity to make his own decisions re: discharge plans. He can give the MDT his opinion, which will be taken into account, but he doesn’t have final say if he is too demented to make that decision.

What do you think will happen when you are unable to care for him? That can happen now. Just text your uncle then turn your phone off for a few days.

peachgreen · 17/10/2018 19:11

Jux asking OP to clarify inconsistencies in their posting history - which is what PPs we're doing - isn't trollhunting.

Jux · 17/10/2018 19:20

That's very different from linking her old threads on her current thread. Bad form.

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