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Only registered users can see links on this forum! Register or Login on forum! By Marita Littauer with Chuck Noon, MA, LPCC Guest Columnist CBN.com -- In the last installment, we heard about the struggles Annette is facing due to her husband's debilitating stroke. This week, we will take our first look at the insights-from both peers and professionals-for dealing with the issue. If this is your first time to read this column, please go back and read Only registered users can see links on this forum! Register or Login on forum! . The Insights While Troy and Annette's situation presents her need for a job and her fear of temptation as primary concerns, we see a bigger issue. This is common to many women, no matter how healthy their husbands may be-expecting her husband to fulfill all of her needs and interests. If Annette addresses this first, her career options and the temptation they provide will be less of a worry. Additionally, she needs to deal with the underlying anger she feels over her unbalanced sacrifice. We’ll also look at some things Troy can do to help the situation. Personal Fulfillment Annette's Personality is the combination of the Popular Sanguine/Powerful Choleric. This tells us she likes lots of activity and stimulation. Additionally, we know that Annette is ten years younger than Troy. So, while Troy is ready to slow down and retire-possibly even if he had no disability-Annette still desires more activity. As women often marry older men, this is a situation that may be present in your marriage even if there is no health issue. Annette is to be commended for honoring her marriage vows and sticking with Troy through the past six years. Being a caregiver is not a position that her Personality type would naturally gravitate toward. Now, however, Annette says that she is running on empty. This is natural in her place. For more than six years, she has been doing nothing that fills her or stimulates her. Her whole life has been focused around her husband and caring for him-she has been giving extravagant love.

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