INTIMACY WHEN CARING FOR YOUR PARTNER/ SPOUSE

Written & designed by Saimah Kermali

Intimacy requires time and work from both partners to develop and maintain a healthy romantic relationship Since spousal caregiving carries with it a heavy role change, especially when one is thrust into the caregiving role, romance, and intimacy may take a back seat while caregiving and urgency come to the front.

So what do you do when suddenly you find that all your time and effort in your relationship is suddenly centred on and directed towards caring for your loved one in a way that is more unusual than the one you had once maintained? Suggestions include;

Manage

Focus

Communicate

Talk

Practice self-care

Although it may seem like another bulk of work loaded on you, you may find that the end result was worth the effort. Do remember, talk is therapy. Talk to trusted friends, a professional, and/or peers in spousal/intimate partner care Quoted from the cartoon character Shrek, some things are 'better out than in'.

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