It's so hard not to be resentful and hold a grudge when your Alzheimer's stricken mother says things that emotionally wound you.
It's hard to be the one that remembers and is haunted by what's said long after she's forgotten. And you feel like an asshole for any resentment >
It's hard to be the one that remembers and is haunted by what's said long after she's forgotten. And you feel like an asshole for any resentment >
or anger you have because of what's said to you... because you know it isn't her fault.
But it still fucking hurts.
Fuck #AlzheimersDisease
It really fucking sucks. For family, for friends, for caregivers, and for the afflicted.
But it still fucking hurts.
Fuck #AlzheimersDisease
It really fucking sucks. For family, for friends, for caregivers, and for the afflicted.
She's been having occasional delusions, but now the paranoia is kicking in on top of it. Somehow in the span of fifteen minutes I went from her telling me how much she appreciates me and how kind and considerate I am, to being talked to and treated like I was spawned directly >
from Satan's asshole and was trying to do awful things to her when all I was literally trying to do... was get her to take some of her PRN medications to help her relax and gear down to sleep... which she had agreed to fifteen minutes prior.
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