“He knows it.”
If you are really in cognitive decline, you don’t know it. Everyone else knows it, but he thinks he is fine.
This will be a big problem for the Democrats, since he is not going to give up office voluntarily. It will look ugly, and probably ruin their chances in 2022.
*** If you are really in cognitive decline, you don’t know it. Everyone else knows it, but he thinks he is fine.***
This is true to a point. My mom had vascular dementia. There would be times when she would struggle for what she was trying to say, point to her head with her finger, and say, “Oh, I don’t know what’s wrong with me! Sometimes my brain just gets so messed up!”
Those would be the times when we would seem glimpses of our “real” mama. Most of the time those last few years we only got to see her disease wreaking havoc on her.
Miss that sweetest lady. I’m so honored that I was able to care for her part-time for the last couple of years. I have very special memories of her, even in her decline.
I think that is sometimes true. But, it’s not uncommon for people in the very early stages of dementia to understand that something isn’t right, which often leads them to seek out professional help, help that then identifies their condition.
Biden is particularly unusual insomuch that his decline is available for viewing on video. He’s surely seen video of himself searching for words he shouldn’t be searching for and fumbling over names (proper names are often the first that go) that he shouldn’t fumble, like names of immediate family members.
People with dementia are also predisposed to fits of brief anger. Why are they angry? They realize their mind is failing them. The extent of that realization is what varies in different patients. I would be really surprised if he doesn’t have some understanding of what’s happening to him.
I remember sitting in the back seat of my dad’s car with his grandma sitting next to him crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said: I know I’m losing my mind. She was. A year later, she didn’t even know who I was anymore.
“If you are really in cognitive decline, you don’t know it. Everyone else knows it, but he thinks he is fine.”
If you are over thirty, you ARE in “cognitive decline”. You may be older and wiser, but things just don’t happen as quickly.
I often wonder what the 25 year old version of me would d think of me now.