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Seeing and reading things which are not there

 These days struggle i read clearly, because i sometimes see words which are not written down so my brain must be putting down words which are not there, and this can be difficult.  It also happens when I listen to a person talking, I don't always pick the conversation properly,  and then totally misunderstand what has been said. This means my brain is telling me one thing, when in real life it's totally wrong This can be very upsetting to cope with, and it makes me feel as if I am going round the bend or going mad I tried to do simple crosswords, but find that I sometimes put words on the wrong squares at times which can be frustrating,  but I think my brain is telling me that words are spelt a different way to reality  Not seeing things that are there can be depressing, and stressful. The number of times I have been searching for something, and have not noticed it is a annoying, then someone like my wife comes along and sees it straight away. This illness is d...

How life has changed

 Although I have been living with a form Dementia ,  diagnosed years ago, things seemed to move slowly and I was able to attempt to keep up with things, even at a slower pace  Now with this fast moving life I am struggling to cope with the many changes, and I confess that I don't like what I see around me at times Because of my hearing problems , which keep changing, which means i can be partially deaf one moment, then my hearing can be accute the next. People either talk too fast or assume that I am stupid.  Other times these very loud fireworks make me terrified at times, and struggle to listen to calming music because of the ground shaking with these so called loud,  land mine fireworks   How people who served in wars cope when they are living with PTSD  i  don't know, because it must tip them over or close to the edge at times. There days with Halloween i simply don't cope with some of the costumes or the very large spiders. The other day I w...