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They don\u2019t give any time or energy to caring for themselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The problem is that you can then start to experience your own problems with sleeping, feeling tired etc. This can be very distressing for you. You are also less able to help your relative and the rest of your family or friends.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch Helen discuss looking after yourself from a wife\u2019s perspective<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/estream.lancaster.ac.uk\/Embed.aspx?id=88357&#038;code=dx~PNWBMiDpdyhvhLISwzX9eaTDOVUlKu\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_column_text][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>[arrows][\/vc_column_text]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Taking care of yourself is extremely important. Some relatives feel that they have to focus all their attention on taking care of the person with psychosis or bipolar. They don\u2019t give any time or energy to caring for themselves. The problem is that you can then start to experience your own problems with sleeping, <\/p>\n<div class=\"btn-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/reacttoolkit\/toolkit\/managing-stress-doing-things-differently-2\/why-you-need-to-look-after-yourself\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-hover-fill\"><i class=\"icon-right-arrow\"> <\/i>Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why You Need To Look After Yourself&#8221;<\/span><i class=\"icon-right-arrow\"> <\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1656,"parent":1854,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-toolkit.php","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1359","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why You Need To Look After Yourself - REACT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/reacttoolkit\/toolkit\/managing-stress-doing-things-differently-2\/why-you-need-to-look-after-yourself\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why You Need To Look After Yourself - REACT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Taking care of yourself is extremely important. 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