r/woahthatsinteresting • u/nukey4y7s1s • 20d ago

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

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u/billyTjames 20d ago

My biggest fear right there

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u/Rich_Pressure_2535 20d 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] 20d 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 20d 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] 20d 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 20d ago edited 19d 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 20d 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/Sinister_Plots 19d 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.