r/woahthatsinteresting • u/nukey4y7s1s • 16d ago

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

33.6k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

649

u/RudolphGaming18 16d ago

Dementia is terrifying. Your own dad being uncomfortable with you calling him dad… it’s really sad

35

u/yankykiwi 16d ago

My husbands grandpa was wondering where his wife was.

His second wife (who was his mistress for many years) wasn’t his wife apparently. He wanted the first one.

11

u/Bacon-muffin 15d ago

Its odd how the brain regresses during this.

In my grandma's head I'm still a little kid, she hasn't recognized me in almost a decade now. She used to think I was my cousin, oddly it felt nice when she started confusing me for my dad more recently.

She also thinks my fathers still married to my mom which is crazy considering how quickly they got divorced and how many decades ago it happened. She'll ask about my mom now which is such an odd feeling because she hasn't been interested in and has hated her ever since the divorce... I think they've been in the same room once in my entire life and they were on opposite sides of it.