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Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: 12 hours ago | Replies (16)

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@bclane

This is a list that I'm sure I will find useful. What I have depended upon most so far is fiction. I've always loved reading fiction and I write/self-publish, too. I find I can be really stressed out, feeling breathless and as if my heart is racing, but if I can sit down for at minimum 15 minutes or so and lose myself in a fictional world, I get back to normal. I know that might not work for people who don't enjoy reading, but for me, it's like a mini-vacation. I'm fortunate in that my husband goes to bed early, which gives me an hour or so to read before I lie down. And I work it in as much as I can during the day, too.

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Fiction is a great stress reliever. If I am stressed in a situation where I can't stop to read, I have always found it calming to just imagine alternative scenarios or continue story plots I have already read. It may sound weird, but from childhood, this really helped a lot. I'm 74, and it still works.