Denial is not a strategy
Dealing with a disease like dementia and especially Lewy Body Dementia requires getting early attention and diagnosis. The effect of not openly seeking help is self-doubt, depression, inward and outward anger and just plain frustration.
Early diagnosis is critical
The problem is the decay in mental processing does not happen all at once. You can have good days and bad days. Before I was diagnosed, my wife would tell me we discussed something, and I of course would say we didn’t. She would accuse me of selective hearing; which men can have; but the truth was I did not remember the conversation at all, and then I would doubt myself or worse, think she was Gaslighting me (early paranoia).
Fear of diagnosis
Please don’t just smile and carry on. Get help and read the chapter on Getting to Acceptance. Allow yourself the time to go through the Six Stage process to get to acceptance and “living positively with dementia”.
See the following link and YouTube video about Robin Williams fight with his unknown Lewy Body Dementia sponsored by the American Brain Foundation.
Don’t be Afraid, be Courageous
Please don’t just smile and carry on. Get help and read the section on Getting to Acceptance. Allow yourself the time follow the Six Stage process to get to acceptance and “living positively with dementia”.
See the following link and YouTube video about Robin Williams fight with his unknown Lewy Body Dementia sponsored by the American Brain Foundation.
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