Abstract
As a caregiver of mental illness children, I feel unseen and unheard. Caregiving for children with visible disabilities is already challenging. Caregiving for adult children with invisible disabilities is overwhelming, as others hardly recognize the disability. This set of vignettes/poems describes a relationship between my son, who lives with schizoaffective, and myself. Schizoaffective disorder is a combination of symptoms of schizophrenia and mood disorder. Such mood disorders could be depression or bipolar disorder. Sometimes, symptoms may occur simultaneously and sometimes separately. My son is brilliant but needs special help due to low functionality and emotional disturbances. The disorder is a lifetime, and medication is a constant force for survival. This is our journey of surviving and healing continuum.
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elmoudden, sanae
(2024)
"A Day in a Life of a Mental Illness Caregiver.,"
Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine: Vol. 9:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/survive_thrive/vol9/iss2/4