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Dealing with a Spouse with a “Mild Cognitive Impairment”
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This is a horrible disease. I am currently shut away in our closet trying not to hear his phone conversation with a friend.
We were in a car accident recently and he is calling all his friends to tell them about it, but he has to start with why we were in the car- where we were going, why, etc. It takes a few minutes to get to the point.
After the wreck I was very shaken and upset. I asked him for a hug- which we rarely do anymore - and he said he did not feel like hugging anybody.
It is so sad and I feel so lonely. Bereft is a good word. My friends help with texts of support but they cannot give me what i really yearn for and need. My husband’s arms around me.
I am trying to stay busy so I cannot think- just buckle up and keep moving- and praying. Jesus is going to hear from me a lot today.
To my friends in this group and in the same boat- I wish you a blessed new year. May 2026 be brighter for you - in whatever way possible.
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@minniem
Hello, and first off so very sorry about your accident. I hope you are not injured or sore.
I am responding because of your hugging comment. My husband's brother died in July, no tears from him and hardly a reaction. I asked him if he wanted a hug after we found out, and he said no. I guess I needed a hug after losing my Bro in law, but there is no hugging or touching anymore and I too long for his comforting arms around me. That lack of intimacy is one of the worst parts of dementia.
Happy New Year anyway.
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@minniem I am so sorry that you have that horrible lonely feeling. I hate those moments. “It’s by hard the hardest thing I have ever felt: To be so in love with you, yet so alone” Mary Travers