• Squeezer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Alzheimer’s/dementia in general. I’m not dealing with it.

    Watching my father slowly disappear has made me hyper aware of the temporary nature of my own consciousness.

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      1 year ago

      My mother died of dementia. I’m closing in on 60, so already my mental acuity is on the wane.

      And now any time I can’t remember something I kind of stress.

      I’ll hopefully not go down that road, but those events scare the hell out of me.

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        1 year ago

        My father said the same thing, often. I say the same now. The reality is more complicated, horribly so.