Slipped Further into the Mire
compensatory tools no longer working for me …
Category Archives: Journal
My Diagnosis and Expectations
Tru here. Enough added people are following this blog that I thought I would clarify my diagnosis and share my thoughts for the next few months. LONG post! 2015 Update here >> https://truthfulkindness.com/2015/05/18/re-blog-diagnosis/ and 2016 Update here >> https://truthfulkindness.com/2016/11/30/symptom-progression-strategies-2016-dec/ Summary: My GP and I agree on diagnosis of “dementia” but waiting for confirmation from neurologist. […]
Crafts I Personally Use for Dementia Symptoms
Tru here. ((Updated 2018 Mar 3)) Remember that any Links are not behind pictures, but in the colored text. Definition of craft (kr ft) n. 1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency. As my introduction prefaced at >> https://truthfulkindness.com/2014/10/02/arts-crafts-dementia-intro/ I feel most “alive” when I am creating something, so these are […]
Arts ‘n Crafts after Dementia Diagnosis – Intro
Tru here. October was always month of creativity at our house. Trick-or-treat meant we needed to prepare gift for each house we visited. Some years it was physical gift like autumn greeting card, but some years activity gift like song or very brief skit. One year we did dance/acrobatic performance at each door for Halloween. […]
My Brilliant Scattered Conversation
Clarity of Thought: “I am not stupid, but at this rate my bits of brilliant insight will be scattered across space … like the sparkling milky way.” — TLK
Distorted Decision Making in Kitchen
I am not stupid but my thought process is definitely distorted and causes problems with my decision-maker. … the problem is that these are symptomatic of my decision-making process and I never know when it will become dangerous.
Dementia Nightmares -TLK
Reality has rotated; “Consensus” reality (recognized by other persons in my everyday environment) has stepped back and feels more distant — displaced somehow by vivid, ultra-realistic dream reality. … My night-time life is scary but rewarding … and exhausting. My life is very exhausting.
Weekly PWD Paper Available Online
Tru here. New Sunday paper began in August 2014 titled “Thru the Looking Glasses of PWD: Read our Sunday paper to see Dementia “Thru the Looking Glass” of fellow PWD (Persons With Dementia) Life Perceptions”. This is currently edited by Truthful Loving Kindness and updated each Saturday night online. https://paper.li/f-1408973778 . Subscriptions are available delivered […]
Gillian thought PWD not valuable
Tru here. Edmonton Journal Link to article of August 20, 2014: Dead at noon: B.C. woman ends her life rather than suffer indignity of dementia (with video). I have heard talk that in many countries suicide will be EXPECTED for those with disabilities (especially dementia) in the future, exactly because of the reasons Gillian discusses […]
I was going to write
Wisps of thought … gone.
