NPC@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agowhat's your biggest fear and how do you deal with it?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squarewhat's your biggest fear and how do you deal with it?NPC@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareSqueezer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoAlzheimer’s/dementia in general. I’m not dealing with it. Watching my father slowly disappear has made me hyper aware of the temporary nature of my own consciousness.
minus-squarerhacer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoMy mother died of dementia. I’m closing in on 60, so already my mental acuity is on the wane. And now any time I can’t remember something I kind of stress. I’ll hopefully not go down that road, but those events scare the hell out of me.
minus-squareanomaly13@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoI’ll be honest, if I get dementia - I’m not sticking around
minus-squareSqueezer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoMy father said the same thing, often. I say the same now. The reality is more complicated, horribly so.
Alzheimer’s/dementia in general. I’m not dealing with it.
Watching my father slowly disappear has made me hyper aware of the temporary nature of my own consciousness.
My mother died of dementia. I’m closing in on 60, so already my mental acuity is on the wane.
And now any time I can’t remember something I kind of stress.
I’ll hopefully not go down that road, but those events scare the hell out of me.
I’ll be honest, if I get dementia - I’m not sticking around
My father said the same thing, often. I say the same now. The reality is more complicated, horribly so.