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I feel really sad when I see people who have Alzheimer's I tear up
I feel really sad when I see people who have Alzheimer's I tear up, but for some reason if I think of someone who maybe has cancer or AIDS I don't feel as bad. Why is this?
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I can't say why you feel that way but for myself, I feel the worst thing I could lose is my mind and memory.
I watched my husbands grandma go through this.You feel totally helpless cus you can't remember your loved ones. They are all strangers to you. The place you're living in is a strange place and you feel you don't belong so you try to escape. No place looks familiar anymore. Even sometimes, the clothes you are wearing you think are not your own so you begin to remove them right then and there whether appropriate or not. You can no longer make any decisions for yourself.
A person who has a terminal illness knows they may die but until the day they die, they still have their memories and know when loved ones are gathered around to help them and encourage them. They know where they are and still make choices as to what they want to eat and wear and they still know where home is and how to find it.
Neither situation is preferable over the other, both are terrible situations to find yourself or others in, but there is something about having ones mental capacity no matter how much one is suffering.There is fear in both situations but absolute "terror" when you don't know who you are anymore or anything else. Our memories and our knowledge are a precious thing.
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