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Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Feb 12 10:55pm | Replies (27)

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@myrtbeth

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.

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A post after my own heart. Without fiction I'd be completely lost. I'm a retired English professor so I guess that's no surprise, but books have been my escape throughout my entire life. Some folks have religion; I don't. For me books are the antidote to despair. Good luck to you as you carry on.