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Hello All:

I just read an article about confabulation, or "making up information that is not true when the real memory is not there." I never heard of that word before, but interestingly enough it refers to exaggeration and/or made up stories that folks invent who have cognitive impairment. I thought you might find it interesting and helpful as well.

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/living-with-mild-cognitive-impairment-mci/newsfeed-post/repost-how-big-was-that-fish/

Will you share any experiences you have had with this and how you handled it?

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This is excellent! It explains so much. Thank you!

i learned about confabulation when I studied narcissism for five years to be able to live with my impossible husband as he aged. We finally recognized his problem as dementia but could not save the declining business he was not managing well before he died.
It is good to know that these problems are not all deliberate self inflicted issues so I can rest in the thought that at some point my late husband, who was very selfish and mean to me in the end, was not able mentally to function cooperatively with his impairment. At one point my life was in danger, so we need to make every effort to take confabulation very seriously as it progresses. I should have left him but then there would have been no one to care for him except one son, and I couldn't put that responsibility totally on him. He died of cancer and I am left to heal from the trauma. I am doing very well and am at peace. Dorisena

Last fall after recently being at a funeral for one of my husband’s best friends who had been cremated, we had lunch with my husband’s brother and sister in law. My husband told them that they’d brought the casket over to the grave and just dumped the body in. They both looked at me questioning with their eyes. I gently shook my head and the subject was changed. 🥴