11/15/2025
RECAP: Yesterday we talked about the 2 AM choice—call for help or lie in your own waste.
Today: What happens when you choose silence.
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Margaret, 76, hasn't slept through the night in 8 months.
Not because she can't.
Because she WON'T wake her son anymore.
"He works so hard. He's tired. I can wait until morning."
So she waits. 3 hours. 4 hours. Sometimes until dawn.
Lying there. In it.
The skin breakdown started at month 2.
The UTIs at month 4.
The depression? That was immediate.
"I used to be his mother. Now I'm his burden."
This is what shame does. It makes you choose suffering over asking for help.
Tomorrow: The caregiver's side (it's worse than you think) →
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