Sooner or later this frontal-lobe filter will fail; that is an accepted part of this path and almost inevitable. … It is not that I do not enjoy time spent with friends I have developed in these groups. It is not that I do not value their friendship, I just cannot afford extra stress from the “privacy” aspect of group. … if you don’t want me to spill the beans, don’t put them in the pot.
compensatory tools no longer working for me …
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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
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.
Nightmares of Harry Urban We talk a lot about what our life is like during the day time hours. It is hard and sometimes frightening. We struggle and get so confused. Have you ever thought what our nights are like when you are sleeping? That is when we walk through our Hell, all alone. […]
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.
Tru here. My Dementia Mentors video regarding Driving with Dementia was posted at dementiamentors.com/videos section on Sunday August 24, 2014. Some people have difficulty viewing Vimeo sources, so it is also posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlXo8cvBpEc . (I still have not learned this application very well so if that link does not work then go to “truthfulkindness” […]
