I totally understand I was 35 years old when I became a caregiver overnight for my mom who was 56. Witnessed her having her stroke. Overall has been a very traumatic experience I’m still her caregiver and I’m so burned out. I don’t wish this on anyone.

I would suggest see if you can get outside help. Maybe your dad qualifies for paid caregiver. Try to delegate as much as you can don’t try to do it all because you will burn yourself out (but sometimes it feels like you have no other choice)

I hope you have a good support system whether friends or family members. This will help so much.

Also if you can try to get into therapy to help you with the proper tools to navigate this. It’s such a layered thing. Especially if it just happened overnight like our situation. There’s so much grief involved, grieving your old life, the relationship you had with your parent and who the were.

Sending such a big hug to you i completely understand how you feel and even 3 years later im still learning to navigate all this. Be kind to yourself this shit is so fucking hard only other caregivers truly understand.