Live Outside Your Own Head

On agency, overthinking, and finally getting out of your own way

The same questions, over and over.

What happens next? How long do we have? Will he know me tomorrow? Am I doing enough? Am I doing too little? I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m failing. I can’t fix this. I can’t save him.

For four years as the primary caregiver for my husband with dementia, these thoughts invaded my head every single day. The self-doubt. T…