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misanthrope

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8. My father was a writer before dementia

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 09:04 PM

Sep 21

and I sensed his declining language skills years before his friends called family to come look in on him and even more years before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Initially, I thought it was attributable to standard age-related cognitive decline and once we uncovered his behavior from his friends and looking through his computer history, it was apparent how much he had devolved.

His dementia made him rude, short-tempered, difficult and possibly the most miserable person I have ever been around.

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This Is What Proves Trump's Dementia: Psychologist [View all] Jilly_in_VA Sep 21 OP

I observed this with my Dad's slide into dementia. Midnight Writer Sep 21 #1

My father was a writer before dementia misanthrope Sep 21 #8

Every person I've known with dementia... ananda Sep 21 #10

It doesn't always go that way. I've had many patients who got the happy type Maru Kitteh Sep 21 #21

What did your good friend say? misanthrope Sep 21 #22

I had success with some natural products for my elderly mom. JudyM Monday #33

Thank You Desert grandma Monday #34

Glad to share, Desert grandma, hoping it might help some folks. JudyM Monday #36

Mine were a series of bridge psrtners. ananda Monday #35

Were you friends before his diagnosis? babylonsister Sep 21 #23

The person I knew as him misanthrope Sep 21 #24

Yeah Katcat Sep 21 #25

""He used to speak with a high level of vocabulary in very polished paragraphs..." ProfessorGAC Sep 21 #2

I distinctly remember wondering in the first campaign why his family didn't insist tanyev Sep 21 #3

Good Comment ProfessorGAC Sep 21 #4

THIS malaise Sep 21 #5

I believe he was referring to the years well before his first term. n/t ariadne0614 Sep 21 #6

So Am I ProfessorGAC Sep 21 #7

Prof, I read the OP True Dough Sep 21 #11

K&R for, What? When was that?" UTUSN Sep 21 #15

Yeah, that stuck out to me as well. progressoid Sep 21 #16

I agree with the MyOwnPeace Sep 21 #17

Prior to his first real run for president. Shipwack Sep 21 #26

Thinking the same thing Bayard Sep 21 #28

Nobody besides us cares Fiendish Thingy Sep 21 #9

Yep. That's certainly true. calimary Sep 21 #19

Maybe he'll just fucking die already Orrex Sep 21 #12

Here is the video of that interview. I though it was well done and more than a little scary. mackdaddy Sep 21 #13

Through the years mountain grammy Sep 21 #14

I'm a native New Yorker mokeyz Sep 21 #18

Me too, also from New York. Javaman Sep 21 #20

I remember seeing him in a few interviews during his Apprentice days... Joinfortmill Sep 21 #27

My Dad had dementia, my Mom had Alzheimer's Bayard Sep 21 #29

This is what I think shows his inability to think rationally. He suddenly changes subject to talk to the media about the Doodley Sep 21 #30

Recommended. H2O Man Sep 21 #31

archive link BWdem4life Sep 21 #32