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Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Aug 16 2:33pm | Replies (762)Comment receiving replies
It seems like everyone thinks I’m the one who is losing my mind! Most people have no idea how frustrating answering and clarifying the same question is, and yet, the same person can play bridge. I am my husbands caregiver and I get so frustrated, but then I finally remind myself to take the focus off him and drop the judgement. For me, I get tired and know that the likely hood of all this effort is what? So am training my brain to stay in the present:
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Hello @lindasmith I know each patient and their journey in this is different, however I did come to grips with one thing while my wife and my MIL were on theirs.
I had to learn to do what I simply called 'suspending logic' with them. In their cases the disease was what caused their mental deficits so no amount of trying to correct or explain did any good. So I suspended logic and just began to go with THEIR flow.
Not for everyone I'm sure, but it was a significant help to us in our journeys.