Stress setting

Common examples

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care and housekeeping

Proband 3: “I went shopping and looked what she needed. I cleaned the windows and washed the curtains. Mostly after the time I desperately needed a vacation, but I was back on the job. That was the last seven years that way.”

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organizational effort

Proband 1: “It was always writing something, or you had to collect information, call, etc. Then the appeal was to make. It is difficult to regulate all documents and the stories of everyday life; to manage the lists, files and invoices from afar.”

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worries of the future

Proband 7: “One time I was so desperate. She had again a bad phase for two to three days and spent a lot of time in a wheelchair. Then my father was in the ICU. Since I hardly slept all night because I thought, ‘For God’s sake. What will I do if I have to maintain both?’”

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taboo of talking about the care situation

Proband 9: “There happen things, about which one does not like to talk. For example, when my father no longer find the way to the toilet. This is not pleasantto talk about.”

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