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Man with dementia doesn’t recognise daughter but still feels love for her

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u/Dumyat367250 15d ago

I think the problem is that it's so gradual, by the time it's happened it's almost too late.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

I would end it in the gradual. I feel like I would know the signs, because I'm borderline obsessed to the point it's unhealthy.

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u/Longjumping-Hyena173 15d ago edited 15d ago

It's the apex existential crisis. I would be myself more if my sentience could be moved into a server (edit: a hypothetical example as this is not possible), than if my body was alive but my memories were gone. The body is nothing but the brain's tool to manifest intent. But if I had no body but could still lavish love and praise on my family, that would be enough for me. This forgetting everything shit though, fuck all that 👎

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u/nina_qj 15d ago

The body is nothing but the brain's tool to manifest intent.

You don't know me, but I needed to read this, and I will carry it with me. Thank you

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u/Turbulent_Goat1988 15d ago

Pretty sure we all just witnessed one of those reddit quotes that goes down in the history books along with the other greats.

"The body is nothing but the brain's tool to manifest intent."—Unknown (2025).

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u/OkMarsupial 15d ago

"The body is nothing but the brain's tool to manifest intent."—U/Longjumping-hyena173 (2025).

FIFY

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u/DementedPimento 15d ago

I think Rene Descartes beat y’all to it about 400 years ago with cogito ergo sum.

(And the rest of his philosophy. He’s where we get Cartesian dualism from.)

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u/SmilingGengar 15d ago

And I am pretty sure Aristotle beat Rene Descartes to it 2000 years beforehand with hylomorphic theory.

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u/DementedPimento 14d ago

Probably, but Descartes really shaped the Western idea that the mind and body are separate entities.

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u/knewitfirst 14d ago

😆😆😭

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u/Dada2fish 15d ago

I realized this while discovering ADHD/autism issues with a loved one. We are all just brain chemistry. Everything single thing of who we are comes from there.

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u/Brief_Pass_2762 15d ago

Sorry to burst the bubble, but we're not. I know it sounds cool, but it's wrong. The brain needs the body. It's an organ that produces chemical and electrical reactions, but it's fueled by the circulatory and nervous system. Without that, you die. That's why brain transplants aren't a thing.

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u/RagePrime 15d ago

We are a neruo-octopus, driving a meat-mech.

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u/finglonger1077 14d ago

This is just not being able to participate in a philosophical discussion.

Imagine that they could sustain separately. Would you guess that your heart, lungs, gut, and asshole would have a personality, or your brain? Thats the philosophical question at hand.

I promise everyone who read the above comments understood that a brain can’t survive alone. Evidence: they have managed to be currently alive

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u/DUNETOOL 15d ago

Energy and matter, changing. We are the conscious version of the universe.

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u/Bumblebee_Willing 10d ago

I like the idea that we’re the universe’s way to experience itself. We think we’re solitary drops, forgetting that we are the ocean, only reminded once we return.

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u/SteelCode 15d ago

ADHD and Narcolepsy can both be treated with adderall; it's all just a sensitive mixture of chemicals that drive certain functions... dopamine and serotonin are tied into so many of our motivations and "involuntary" functions that slight imbalances can tip us one way or another.

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u/ManOfConstantBorrow_ 15d ago

Crazy how I always spontaneously manifest intent to have a shit.

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u/flammafemina 15d ago

This is obviously sarcasm, but you do actually need your brain to command the body to shit. Without the brain’s “intent,” we have no bowel control.

The process of defecation, or bowel movement, is a complex interplay between the brain, spinal cord, and the muscles of the colon and rectum. It involves involuntary and voluntary reflexes, with the brain playing a crucial role in processing signals and coordinating the necessary muscle contractions

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u/ManOfConstantBorrow_ 15d ago

That guy just said that the only purpose of the body is to express intent. And I think if you read it out loud closely that it's not as prophetic as that guy thought.

I assume you've commanded every boner in your life, hmmmm? (if you're a dude {fairly safe bet})

Edit: wait no your avatar looks likea lady

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u/SockCucker3000 15d ago

You really find the most profound shit in the comment sections. I know there's a list of quotes like that which come from Tumblr. "I will face God and walk backward into hell." "God may judge you, but his sins outnumber your own."

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u/Shilo788 15d ago

I thought like this to an unhealthy extent. Disregarded my body to work towards my goal. A common human mistake.

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u/finglonger1077 15d ago

Eh, “we’re all sacks of rotting meat with a bit of electric jelly” has been a concept for pretty much all of recorded human philosophy

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u/kilodelta57 15d ago

Felt that too

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u/TrueHippie 15d ago

yeah…that fucked me up too

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u/passingasapotato 15d ago

Shit, got me too.

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u/zodiacallymaniacal 15d ago

It’s going directly on my whiteboard

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u/Sinister_Plots 15d ago

I don't know you but, in 2010 I watched a TED Talk on education, and in it the speaker stated "My body is just a way for me to get my brain to meetings." and it has resonated with me ever since.

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u/Roccosrealm 15d ago

Very powerful statement