When you spend your days taking care of someone else, your own needs can quietly fall to the bottom of the list. Caregiver burnout doesn't happen because you stopped caring; it happens because the demands of caregiving are genuinely relentless, and most people doing it have very little room left for themselves. Feeling exhausted, resentful, or completely depleted doesn't make you a bad caregiver. It makes you human.
Therapy is a place where you get to be the one receiving support for a change. Sessions often focus on naming what you're actually feeling, examining the expectations and boundaries that may have gradually eroded, and identifying what would make your situation more sustainable. Practical tools around time management, setting limits, and building self-care back into your life can all be part of the work, alongside the emotional weight of what caregiving is asking of you.