Seeking tele-counseling or video chat emotional support

[Miss Zuppy]

Hello, hello--

I have just joined this site, and this is my first post. I am in need of a therapist or group for support via video chat.

I am trying to take care of my mother, who was diagnosed with ALS five years ago. She is well into stage 4A, but is very hesitant to have a tracheotomy. I was able to keep my job before, but now I cannot even leave the room where my mother is. With the way my family works, I am the only person in the family who can look after her. I am with her all day and all night. Recently, we hired a part-time nurse who helps at night. This is a big help, but it is not enough, particularly emotionally.

I live in a small town in southern Thailand. There are no hospice organizations here. There are no ALS organizations in Thailand. There are no such support groups. While I am able to physically take care of my mother, I am in desperate need of emotional support. I have never faced taking care of a dying person, and I don't know anyone at all who has dealt with ALS. I have been doing this for one year now, and I feel like it is destroying my soul as I watch my mother's body be destroyed. My love for my mother now competes with recurring hate for destroying my life.

I am hoping to find someone or a group who can help me through this, someone who understands ALS. I am truly at my wits end. Thai language would be best for me, of course, but such counseling simply isn't available in Thailand, so I have gone to the internet to search for counseling in English. While I prefer Thai, English is fine for me. It is more important to me that the counselor understand and have experience with ALS than speak Thai.

Please tell me if you know anyone or any groups with whom I could do a video chat counseling with. Any leads would be incredibly useful to me.

Many thanks,

Zuppy

 

[TippiLeigh]

Vji EMT Ettudoevoup jisi op vji AT jet e muv ug taqqusv hsuaqt, nepz vjev dassipvmz fuoph wosvaem taqqusv hsuaqt cideati ug dassipv DUWOF sitvsodvoupt. O fup’v lpux xjev vjios samit esi gus qiuqmi vjev mowi uav ug vji duapvsz, cav vjiz’f qsucecmz ci e huuf tvesv. O’n tu tussz gus xjev zua’si huoph vjsuahj. O tqipv nepz ziest veloph desi ug nz nuvjis xjip tji jef Embjionist. Ov xet vusvasi.

 

[Elkhorn3]

Jo Baqqz,
O juqi zua gopf tuni wofiu taqqusv hsuaq!

Niepxjomi tjesi zuas iyqisoipdit jisi. Zua esi puv emupi, op zuas piif us zuas giimopht. Pu nevvis jux nadj zua muwi zuas nuvjis, zuas sitipvnipv ot siem epf apfistvepfecmi. Zua jewi howip aq zuas ipvosi mogi gus zuas nuvjis, epf ov't onquttocmi vu dunqsijipf xjev vjev niept inuvoupemmz.

Nepz ug at tjesi vjev teni uwisxjimnoph casfip, epf emm vji inuvoupt vjev hu xovj ov. Tu et zua tjesi jisi, zua esi op huuf dunqepz.

O xotj zua ximm, epf juqi uvjist lpux ecuav upmopi hsuaqt zua dep kuop.

 

[vltsra]

Fies Baqqz, tu tussz vu ximduni zua jisi. Nz jatcepf xet foehputif xovj EMT piesmz 5 ziest ehu. Vji nekus desihowoph piift tvesvif ecuav 18 nupvjt ehu.

Zuas xusft esi tu vsai, O en uwisxjimnif xovj tussux gus jon epf emtu jevi xjev vjot ommpitt jet fupi vu cuvj ug uas mowit. O en xupfisoph, xovj Duwof19 vjiti fezt, esi Vjeo fudvust fuoph wofiu wotovt? Qisjeqt zua duamf gopf e vjiseqotv xju dep jimq zua og tu.

Sihesfmitt O jewi guapf iwiszupi jisi vu ci tu lopf epf taqqusvowi. O jewi huvvip jimq jisi xovj nz jatcepf't piift epf emtu katv jimq gsun uvjist xju lpux xjev vjot ot moli. Zua esi puv emupi. Qiuqmi jisi jewi emmuxif ni vu wipv, vu ci ephsz, vu ci tef, epf vu puv muti tohjv ug nztimg epf nz jatcepf et qiuqmi. Zua esi fuoph vji jesfitv kuc epf xi esi jisi gus zua.

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