Does anyone's LO talk endlessly?

Posted by blc1951 @blc1951, Dec 6 10:08am

My husband starts talking from the moment I walk into the room until I leave. He goes from one topic to the next and back to a previous topic, and it is very hard to follow. I don't even have to respond or look at him and he keeps talking. He also exhibits emotional dysregulation, where he gets upset about something, usually something insignificant that I have said or done, resulting in a prolonged and emotional reaction. By prolonged, I mean he can lecture me for literally hours and I end up in tears. Last week he insisted that I hit the snooze button on the alarm 4 or 5 times, when I only hit it once. That was the start of two hours of telling me how selfish I am. I get the same lecture once or twice a week. He usually gets so exhausted, that he ends up going to bed for a few hours. When he wakes up, he comes to find me and give me a big hug and apologizes.

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Caregivers: Dementia Support Group.

Profile picture for lkbous @lkbous

This discussion is blowing my mind! I think we’re all married to the same man! My husband talks endlessly, tells the same stories over and over and over. If we’re with some other people he will hijack the conversation, so embarrassing when they don’t ‘know’ why. When I’m attempting to converse with him, I can tell he isn’t listening, has what he wants to say next stuck in his mind, interrupts, and when I call him out says that I stopped talking—I paused for a split second or it was just the cadence of what I was telling him!!
He also narrates the tv, guesses what will happen next or asks me what’s going to happen, I haven’t seen it before…. He turns off the sound instead of pausing the tv to talk. He used to be in charge of large construction projects, so we have to pause the tv, or even back it up during shows so he can show me one that I already know he worked on, or he ate dinner in a restaurant on tv or he walked on a sidewalk, ugh! Sometimes I suggest that we watch something else because we have paused so many times I can’t stay invested in the storyline.
He also announces what he’s going to do every minute and says things out loud that the rest of us think to ourselves, like yours @judimahoney.
He used to badger me about my therapy until I cried @blc1951 before I even had a clue that he might have dementia. One time I took my sadness and distress over his cruelty to a whole crazy level and played it out for hours to send a message, he even called my therapist, himself, at the time. He still keeps a balance of how much I’ve spent
on therapy and throws it out there occasionally. I should have started noticing clues way before. That cruelty was/is so out of character for him.
He plays guitar, and he has started playing guitar while watching tv in the family room/kitchen area, where I am working doing cleaning or cooking or 1000 other things. I am a prisoner where I am working, but there are other
places he could play and/or watch tv. Because I can’t stand the multi sounds at the same time I put earbuds in to listen to music and take them out when he speaks. Being considerate has been completely wiped out.
@sandyar He reads books and tells me what he’s just read all of the time and it’s long drawn out repetition of what he’s read.
And don’t you find yourselves, like you @theglobalnomad1, think of something to say, but then think carefully if you even want to open that for discussion, because of where that discussion could go or you are just too tired and exhausted.
I do complain a lot, but I miss him so much. We met at 15 (from different states) got back together, then married at 19, and have been married 52 years. I would have loved having him to myself again and to have fun going places and doing fun things and enjoying each other’s company. It is what it is.
Thanks for reading this far…
And my whining…

Jump to this post

@lkbous this is really a great discussion! Thank you for starting it! You know, any one of you can rant here on MCC as long as we can all stay friends! So, ‘rant’ away! While one person rants away, another person might just have come up with a solution to someone else’s rant. Just remember, let the current speaker stop for a rest before you barge in! Someone come up with some more ‘polite’ ways we can all get a chance to rant!

REPLY
Profile picture for Becky, Volunteer Mentor @becsbuddy

@lkbous this is really a great discussion! Thank you for starting it! You know, any one of you can rant here on MCC as long as we can all stay friends! So, ‘rant’ away! While one person rants away, another person might just have come up with a solution to someone else’s rant. Just remember, let the current speaker stop for a rest before you barge in! Someone come up with some more ‘polite’ ways we can all get a chance to rant!

Jump to this post

@becsbuddy I hope I haven’t overstepped any boundaries.

REPLY

Mine whispers to himself. Sometimes I hear some inappropriate things that he wouldn’t say out loud.
Why ? I don’t like it. When I say, “what did you say “, he shakes his head and acts like he doesn’t know what I’m talking about.

REPLY

Maybe a doctor can install a peacemaker?

REPLY
Profile picture for lkbous @lkbous

@becsbuddy I hope I haven’t overstepped any boundaries.

Jump to this post

@lkbous NO!! You did a great job! It gave everyone permission to ‘let off steam’ and be honest.

REPLY

This is an about face for our recent discussions, but I read this in a people magazine excerpt regarding Sharon Osborne over Ozzy’s passing, and it made me stop and think: "If only I'd have told him I loved him more. If only I'd have held him tighter," Sharon said, reflecting on the moment she now knows was their last exchange.
Everyone, hang in there, I guess we have a path with a purpose?

REPLY
Please sign in or register to post a reply.