Memory and self-blame of leaving my grandmother behind
Picked up image.
A sentence that a university student woman posted in a newspaper.
Grandmother who loved and was kind from childhood. However, one day, on the way to escape together, in front of my grandmother who sat down saying "I can not run anymore," the contributor seems to have run away alone while apologizing because he could not put it on his back.
Later, her grandmother was found dead in another place, and she kept blaming herself for letting her grandmother die.
What makes me wonder is whether my grandmother's physical strength naturally declined with age, or whether she was mentally and physically exhausted by the expenses she had to pay for her life.
The suffering of the contributor who continues to curse himself for leaving him behind is immeasurable, but at the same time it seems to be an article that asks how to support the elderly in the family and society.
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私自身も祖父母の介護に携わった経験があり、この投稿者のような苦しみや葛藤を間近で見てきました。 高齢者が体力的に弱るだけでなく、日常生活の中で精神的・肉体的に消耗していることは多く、単なる老いの問題と片付けられません。介護や支援をする家族も精神的・時間的負担が大きく、時に限界を感じることもあります。 投稿者が祖母を背負いきれず、逃げ出してしまったシーンは多くの人が直面しうる現実の一つでしょう。責める気持ちは痛いほどわかりますが、過酷な状況下での自己判断であり、責任を一人で背負い込む必要はないと感じます。 社会全体で高齢者を支えられる体制づくりや地域間の助け合い、家族間の心のケアがもっと広がることが不可欠です。 この投稿を通して、私たちそれぞれが自分の身近な高齢者をどう支えるか、そしてもし同じような苦しい選択を迫られたときにどう向き合うかを考えるきっかけにしてほしいと思います。