The Caregiver Door Is Closed

The Caregiver Door Is Closed is a trauma-informed guided script for those who have given deeply — and reached the end of their capacity.
 
This piece honors the quiet finality that can follow long-term caregiving, especially when that season ended in illness, loss, or profound personal cost. It recognizes the grief, the love, and the exhaustion that can coexist in the same body.
 
This script does not shame devotion.
It does not dismiss sacrifice.
It simply affirms that completion is allowed.
 
Through steady pacing and boundary-centered language, it supports the separation of identity from obligation. It reinforces that caregiving was a chapter — not a permanent role.
 
You are allowed to say you did enough.
You are allowed to decline reopening old wounds.
You are allowed to protect your remaining capacity.
 
Caregiver closure is not cruelty.
It is clarity.