![]() ![]() every day and have a fellow feeling with so many posters. I find that I can only relate well to people who are in the same boat as myself, because they are the only ones who can understand what caring for a relative with dementia involves. Like many of us, I spend much of my time dealing with or having to think about dementia and it colours my entire life and is literally taking me over. ![]() Dementia turns ‘normal’ on its head in ways that cannot be imagined until you are faced with it. This is as true for those in the medical profession as for anybody else. I have come to believe that only those with ‘hands on’ experience can have any real insight into what dementia is and does, and what it means for both carer and cared for. However, on reflection, I have had to accept that, until I was personally affected, I was part of that society, as unaware and uncaring as the rest. Many times I have found myself consumed with anger and bitterness at, what I saw as, an uncaring society, almost totally unaware of the existence of and reality of dementia. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ![]()
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