A Walk Through Dementia - walking home

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  @Napp28 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I DEFINITELY need to be a more patient person with my aging mother! Thanks for posting this.

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• BA

  @Balthazar626 · 5 years ago

  I could actually feel the anxiety realizing she was home alone. What a powerful message

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• CH

  @Chaziltasm · 5 years ago

  The worst part was realising that when she got home, she was alone. At the height of her anxiety.

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• BR

  @braveheartbob3473 · 4 months ago

  got to the end before I realized it was a 360 video

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• RA

  @raybrunken9707 · 5 years ago

  My grandfather every once in a while, reminded me to feed ‘mary’ under the bed. Always did and he ended up eating the food, forgetting about it, finding the empty plate, and be convinced she existed every time. His wife passed years earlier and would act out memories of her, but instead with ‘Mary’. I think these memories manifest themselves into a coping mechanism in the form of a character. And that’s how I fed him when he eventually forgot how to eat, or rather forgot to eat when his body wouldn’t. He would eat it for her because she wasn’t  hunger and he didn’t want to waste it. Survived a bit longer with this response. It was funny and intriguing, but sad and somber at the same time.

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• GL

  @globalfamily8172 · 4 years ago (edited)

  my mom hasn't recognized me in about 7 years. The other day she looked at me and had a spark of recognition, reaching over to grab my hand and kiss it. It was like she had come back after being abducted - and then she was gone again. It's terrible and devastating.

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• LO

  @lorenzolockhart5280 · 5 years ago

  If that is what it's like just walking home, I can't even imagine staying home alone.🙏🏾❤️To anyone going through this family friends etc

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• ZA

  @zackattack32 · 3 years ago

  I saw a quote on a video related to dementia that said “You couldn’t even begin to imagine how hard it is to mourn someone who’s still alive” and that’s exactly what it was like with my girlfriends great grandma. Losing her was devastating for everyone around her and she hadn’t even passed yet. I sometimes wonder why these things happen but I’m all for helping find a cure

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• SO

  @Sorry-Sir_butNah · 5 years ago

  It’s scary how the human brain can turn on you after relying on it for so long.

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• AE

  @Aerobrake · 6 years ago

  For everyone who suffers from this: I'm so sorry and hope there will be a treatment or better yet a cure for alzheimer's.

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• WI

  @williammunday1367 · 5 years ago

  Pedestrian: &quot;Joe who??&quot;<br><b>grandma troll face</b>

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• KA

  @KantbKevin · 1 year ago

  my friends father committed suicide shortly after his demitia diagnosis he was very independent and probably revolted at the thought of someone having to take care of him for the rest of his life.. this life we live sure isn’t fair

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