Dad has chronic pain
mangowango28
March 3rd, 2022
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Hi, all!
My dad (in his 40s) has some pretty severe chronic pain in his calves, lower back, and neck. Some sort of degenerative disease in his spine. He verbally lashes out frequently, basically daily, and has an extremely rocky marriage with my mom right now. He won’t pick up any of his clothes or food around the house, and he always shouts that it’s because of his pain when my mom asks him to clean up after himself. My mom and I love him very much, and I believe he does love us too. I don’t know how to help him or even just cope with the stress that the chronic pain brings our family. We don’t blame him at all — we know to blame the pain instead. So, what can I do for him (or even just for us)?