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The sandwich generation

The position of people caring at once for their children and for their parents.

Term

How it shows up

Demands from two directions and no direction from which support arrives. Your own needs are postponed indefinitely, which is sustainable for a few months, not a few years.

What we do with it in therapy

We look at what is genuinely your task and what you took on because there was an empty place. And then, who else could carry a share.

See also

Projection Attributing your own feelings or traits to someone else. Psychoeducation An explanation of how a difficulty works — part of therapy, not an introduction to it. Insomnia Persistent difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or with the quality of sleep, which affects the day.

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