<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Feral Caregiver]]></title><description><![CDATA[Real tools, notes, and support for the parts of caregiving no one prepares you for.]]></description><link>https://www.theferalcaregiver.com/theferaltruth</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:53:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.theferalcaregiver.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Feral Truth About Googling Symptoms at 2AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Feral Truth: You already know you shouldn’t Google it. And yet…there you are. 2:07AM. Phone lighting up your face. Heart already beating a little too fast. Because something feels off. It might be small. It might be nothing. It might just be your brain being an asshole. But you type it in anyway. “Is ___ a symptom of…” And that’s it. That’s the moment the spiral begins. Because Google doesn’t do “probably fine.” Google goes straight to: rare complications worst-case scenarios things you...]]></description><link>https://www.theferalcaregiver.com/post/the-feral-truth-about-googling-symptoms-at-2am</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dee0041847596b2f524b06</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:00:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/db2bbf_1c17db7a88944819a4d5454e12ca2077~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kari Monty</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Feral Truth About Always Waiting for the Next Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Feral Truth: You’re never fully relaxed anymore. Even when things are “fine.” Especially when things are “fine.” Because “fine” doesn’t feel safe…it feels suspicious. Like you’re just in between disasters. You’ll be sitting there—nothing actively wrong, no emergency, no phone calls— …and your brain goes: Okay but what’s next? Because there’s always a next. There’s always: another appointment another scan another symptom another thing that comes out of nowhere and knocks the wind out of...]]></description><link>https://www.theferalcaregiver.com/post/the-feral-truth-about-always-waiting-for-the-next-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dede13934ce577916cea1d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:00:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/db2bbf_53c135a73d6348b28e1eaa9121f37c5b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kari Monty</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Feral Truth About Resentment in Caregiving]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Feral Truth: Sometimes you feel resentful. And that scares the shit out of you. Because it shows up quietly. Not all at once. Not in some dramatic, obvious way. Just little thoughts like: “This is so much.” “I can’t keep doing this.” “I just want one normal day.” And then immediately— guilt. Because how dare you feel that way when they’re the one who’s sick? So you push it down. Ignore it. Pretend it’s not there. Except it is. And it leaks out in weird ways: irritation over small things...]]></description><link>https://www.theferalcaregiver.com/post/the-feral-truth-about-resentment-in-caregiving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dedc3c934ce577916ce436</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/db2bbf_fcd3d8ee7b094fd6bda493564f33a7ff~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kari Monty</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Feral Truth About Being Too Tired to Take Care of Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Feral Truth: Self-care sounds great until you're too tired to literally do any of it.]]></description><link>https://www.theferalcaregiver.com/post/the-feral-truth-about-being-too-tired-to-take-care-of-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69deda0a934ce577916cdc99</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/db2bbf_ac4e0145e3774a14921f675c4ad8d97d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kari Monty</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Feral Truth About Losing Your Patience as a Caregiver]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Feral Truth:

Sometimes you snap. And then you hate yourself for it.]]></description><link>https://www.theferalcaregiver.com/post/the-feral-truth-about-losing-your-patience-as-a-caregiver</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ded33347c3def1ffed8795</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:00:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/db2bbf_e8d01b0dcdd54089b4cfc9c735afdde7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kari Monty</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feral Truth #1: I Didn’t Choose The Caregiving Life — The Caregiving Life Chose Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[I didn’t wake up one day and decide “You know what sounds fun? Caregiving.”

There was no plan. No soft launch. No gentle “ease into this new chapter.”

It was just—

One moment where life went sideways…

…and then it never straightened back out.]]></description><link>https://www.theferalcaregiver.com/post/feral-truth-1-i-didn-t-choose-the-caregiving-life-the-caregiving-life-chose-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d9716246e8409f60b1dca0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:24:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/db2bbf_eaf75733e1fe42019484409f45d26a0e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kari Monty</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>