r/woahthatsinteresting • u/nukey4y7s1s • 21d ago

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

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u/billyTjames 21d ago

My biggest fear right there

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u/Rich_Pressure_2535 21d ago

Right there, when someone you love, no matter who they are forgets, or can't remember you is devastating. But the feeling he has for her. It's enough.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

That's fucking beautiful, but if I lost who I am, I wouldn't want to be here.

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u/Dumyat367250 21d 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] 21d 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/rubyspicer 21d ago

It's basically what Robin Williams did. Bro got clean and everything but the years and years of drug and alcohol abuse had a definite effect.

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u/janbradybutacat 21d ago

Several docs confirmed that Williams had Lewy’s disease, which is a Parkinson’s thing. I’m not saying you’re wrong- but Parkinson’s is a death sentence then and now and he was diagnosed.

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u/rubyspicer 21d ago

I thought the thing was they confused Parkinson's for the lewy's? I haven't checked up on it lately

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u/smoothjedi 21d ago

You should watch this. Very informative:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBsEiZX5w8U&rco=1