Butwal Talking Therapies
We help people with new parenthood and parenting a child with a disability, in person in Butwal and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Mon to Fri, 9 to 5
For anyone worn down by caring for someone else. Talk with people in Nepal who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
Next gathering in the Nepal circle: Weekly check-in ยท
We help people with new parenthood and parenting a child with a disability, in person in Butwal and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Mon to Fri, 9 to 5
Run by people who have been through single parenting and family estrangement themselves.
Evenings and weekends
โIf you're at the start of this, I won't pretend it's easy and the first few months were the worst of my life and but I'm writing this from the other side, and some days now I forget to be sad, lean on whoever offers, even if it's awkward so people want to help. Go slowly.โ
โI was in the same place this time last year. I remember my own health falling apart like it was yesterday. My kids say I'm back. Things come back, slower than you'd like but they do. One day at a time.โ
โYou will resent them. You will hate yourself for it. Both things can be true. I wish someone had told me that earlier. Get a sitter for two hours a week, even if they refuse. Even if it feels like a waste. She'll survive. You need those two hours more than you know. And the guilt doesn't go away, but it gets quieter.โ
โto anyone starting with caregiver burnout: feeling this way does not mean you are weak. it means you have been carrying too much for too long. you will feel angry and guilty and loving all in the same hour. that is normal. get a sitter, even for two hours. go for a walk. cry in the bathroom if you need to. but do not turn on yourself for having feelings. this is hard what you are doing. and plenty of us are doing it too.โ