#161 Aphasia Caregiving and the Hidden Guilt Spiral
She looked angry. He pulled back. Later, he realized—it wasn’t anger at all. It was aphasia.
If you’ve ever replayed a hard moment thinking, “I should’ve been more patient, I should know what to say by now”—this episode is for you. The guilt spiral is real. But what if the story you’re telling yourself isn’t the real one?
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