At 72 years old, Susan came into therapy for the first time at the insistence of her daughter. For nearly a decade, Susan’s son had been living with her and living off her limited social security income. Her son was capable of getting a job but had difficulty maintaining employment. After a visit to Susan’s… (more…)
My dad had Alzheimer’s. Watching him fade away was one of the most difficult experiences on my life. It challenged my ideals, tested my patience, expanded my knowledge, and wore me out. These are the some of the things I learned along the way. Don’t say they are lazy. They are not; this is part… (more…)
During the more advanced stages of Alzheimer’s, a person may develop Sundowner’s Syndrome. As the sun goes down and night begins to appear, a person with Alzheimer’s become fearful, confused, agitated, and more unfamiliar with their surroundings. This stimulates the primal fight or flight response even though there is no new environment or circumstance to… (more…)
Despite what a narcissist will pontificate, even they are subject to the effects of getting older. Becoming elderly is a normal part of the developmental stage of life for most people, but not for the narcissistic. They view aging as an ultimate evil. Some will engage in ridiculous plastic surgery in an effort to look… (more…)
Watching the deterioration of a mind infected with Alzheimer’s is emotionally draining, physically exhausting and mentally challenging. The disease steals parts of the brain in random patterns turning a functioning person into an adult like toddler. What they can do one day, they can’t another, then they can again briefly, only to lose the ability… (more…)
Spend some time in a nursing home and observe two very general types of elderly people: ones who are still happy and others who are still miserable. Both of their stories have a fair share of life tragedies, health problems, loss of loved ones, wars, disappointments, and successes. Yet one group walks away with a… (more…)
There is a strange occurrence in the parent / child relationship when the parent begins to act more like the child and the child (now an adult) begins to act more like the parent. This can happen at almost any age, even when the child is still a child, but it most definitely happens as… (more…)
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