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FROM THE ARTICLE.

I Can’t Talk to My Ill Spouse Anymore. How Can I Still Find Emotional Support?

A reader facing the challenges of caregiving wonders who she can lean on for help.

By Barry J. Jacobs, AARP. Published November 18, 2025.

Editors asked AARP Family Caregivers Discussion Group members and other caregivers to submit pressing questions they’d like family therapist and clinical psychologist Barry Jacobs to tackle in this column. Jacobs took on this hot-button topic.

Question: As a wife, how do you find support for yourself when your main support person is unable and you’re caring for him now? And how do you avoid becoming too close or overburdening others with your problems?

(Letter edited for length and clarity.)

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