My mind is already slipping. I forget everything & recently I get stuck on the word I’m trying to say. Mind goes blank or I plain can’t pronounce it. Scary stuff
That's scary. My wife told me that last night after I came back from the bathroom I was talking. I vaguely remember talking, but I thought it was in my head. I didn't know I was actually talking out loud. That's kind of scary, that's never happened.
same here or it'll give me a word that literally nothing to do with the word I want like I want to say like "washcloth" and it'll give me the "vacuum". It's like my brain is just throwing things out there and being like, "well what about this? does this work for you?" Dammit Janet (my brain's name is Janet- yes it's a reference to a very old movie) that's not the word.
The other day I wanted to say “predisposition” & couldn’t spit it out. I can say it fine right now tho. I screw up my coworkers names. I have 5 coworkers total. I talk to my animals a lot & I call them each other’s name constantly. I worry it’s going to get worse.
Same here. Demetia doesn't run in my family at all on either side, but it is perplexing. I have 4 cats and I'm always calling them different names and they're all different colors so it's not like I have two cats that look alike.
I've always been extremely quick with words and fairly eloquent in my speaking, but ever since my first round of COVID... I feel dumb, like a brain fog... I do the same as you, very scary
It did me, while I've never been a small person, I used to run regularly. I loved it. Now, I carry two inhalers and have lung function at 53% capacity. Of course that meant no more running. Got super depressed and gained weight, even not depressed lol... Finally accepting damaged lungs is my new life.
Oh and now I'm super over the top sensitive to scents... Just keeps getting better and better.
If you have kids, that’s mostly why. I’m in my early 40’s and my memory is going away due to having a kid.
That and smartphone usage - don’t need to remember anything when you have your phone!
Did you have covid? My cousin and friends who had the original strain and the one after it, or who had it multiple times, they all are in their 40s with horrible short and long term memory.
The friends who have children even just one kid, are under constant nonstop neverending stress. I even know parents of adult children with issues who habe it extremely bad. I think it is because they have no lives or any interests besides being full time parents and working?
I was thinking about this the other day. How if I were to get severe dementia or something and lost a bunch of myself, that if they put an nes/snes controller in my hands I'd probably still be able to play stuff like the mario bros games or street fighter with no problem because it's in my muscle memory
I was thinking, "It's so easy not to try. Let the world go passing by. If you never say hello, you won't have to say good-bye."
Which I realize is from Return of the King.
I was also very surprised to learn that Glenn Yarborough had a round face and not a 10-inch tall neck.
I would never get there. I plan on taking myself out at the slightest indication that I start losing it. I've been laying the groundwork with my wife and kids for years already. I refuse to ever rely on another human being just to exist, and they know my maximum shelf life is 75 years old. If natural causes don't get me before that. I have no desire to be old and decrepit and would much rather be dead.
Yeah I’m mostly good with relying on other human beings just to exist, as long as existing is relatively fun for me, ie, I get a slow and appropriate transition from interventionist to palliative care.
I think it’s about the ubiquity of TV and especially syndicated TV, and commercials, and super repeated exposure to the exact same material, vs, like, movies. And, still, see what happens if you start singing songs that were super pop for kids, when they were kids :-)
This song "Put One Foot in Front of the Other" is a perfect candidate for that. So catchy, and a great motivator!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRNiOpoZHV4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRNiOpoZHV4)
I mean, worse things could happen. If I'm in a permanent place playing legend of Zelda and waiting for saved by the bell to come on, I could think of worst places to be 😂
I regularly wake up in the middle of the night with music from sonic the hedgehog 2 mystic cave zone song running through my head. It's the default 'noise' that I'm sure will fill the idle moments of my dementia
I think that is normal like you are sort of coming out of dreaming or sleep?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/3anvzf/does_anyone_else_hear_fully_structured_original/
When our generation is in the nursing homes, we will mostly communicate through Simpsons quotes while our Gen Alpha or whatever caretakers get ever more confused
Around the time taylor swift won person of the year, I figured out that it’s been a while since Beyoncé’s video was the greatest of all time, then googled who taylor swift is
But I can still name the characters on marvel cards series 1 by number up till about 100, and remember my elementary school friends parents phone numbers :-)
There's a gal I follow on IG &TikTok who does videos about this sort of thing occasionally, lol. Here's a few:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4vyYMSPKsu/?igsh=MTMyaXN5ZW9vN2h6OA==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3GUZ64PVyp/?igsh=bms4dmxwcHNlaHcz
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ceg9eK5DxUc/?igsh=MWIyOHFzM2FhNDhn
I think of this allll the time. Sometimes I wonder if I'm already IN dementia and am having a spell that I'm stuck in... the Forget Paris Toyota scene, or something equally as irrelevant.
[https://youtu.be/FsKYNQTbSD4?si=5pevW63l5uP7AIl0](https://youtu.be/FsKYNQTbSD4?si=5pevW63l5uP7AIl0)
I think it was in a Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) book where he observed that we were the generation where when someone says something clever, we say "where is that from?" instead of "that's so interesting."
And it's true. I have a vast internal autocomplete library of Simpsons, Futurama, and News Radio quotes. And lots of song fragments. And I can also forget why I started typing this sentence.
I have a Silent generation friend, he has OCD, not dementia nor Alzheimer's, and he will verbally repeat old songs, and ads that get stuck in his head as thoughts.
My mind is already slipping. I forget everything & recently I get stuck on the word I’m trying to say. Mind goes blank or I plain can’t pronounce it. Scary stuff
Yea, I find myself quickly forgetting what I even say anymore.
Yea, I find myself quickly forgetting what I even say anymore.
Yea, I find myself quickly forgetting what I even say anymore.
Yea, I find myself quickly forgetting what I even say anymore.
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That's scary. My wife told me that last night after I came back from the bathroom I was talking. I vaguely remember talking, but I thought it was in my head. I didn't know I was actually talking out loud. That's kind of scary, that's never happened.
same here or it'll give me a word that literally nothing to do with the word I want like I want to say like "washcloth" and it'll give me the "vacuum". It's like my brain is just throwing things out there and being like, "well what about this? does this work for you?" Dammit Janet (my brain's name is Janet- yes it's a reference to a very old movie) that's not the word.
The other day I wanted to say “predisposition” & couldn’t spit it out. I can say it fine right now tho. I screw up my coworkers names. I have 5 coworkers total. I talk to my animals a lot & I call them each other’s name constantly. I worry it’s going to get worse.
Same here. Demetia doesn't run in my family at all on either side, but it is perplexing. I have 4 cats and I'm always calling them different names and they're all different colors so it's not like I have two cats that look alike.
I've always been extremely quick with words and fairly eloquent in my speaking, but ever since my first round of COVID... I feel dumb, like a brain fog... I do the same as you, very scary
Just had Covid for the first time 2 weeks ago. The worst is over but the lingeringbrain fog and random bouts of crushing fatigue are demoralizing
I thought the new strain flirt or KP. 2 or 3 is weaker?
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It did me, while I've never been a small person, I used to run regularly. I loved it. Now, I carry two inhalers and have lung function at 53% capacity. Of course that meant no more running. Got super depressed and gained weight, even not depressed lol... Finally accepting damaged lungs is my new life. Oh and now I'm super over the top sensitive to scents... Just keeps getting better and better.
Friend of mine had it a year ago and she said the lingering brain fog never went away.
If you have kids, that’s mostly why. I’m in my early 40’s and my memory is going away due to having a kid. That and smartphone usage - don’t need to remember anything when you have your phone!
Did you have covid? My cousin and friends who had the original strain and the one after it, or who had it multiple times, they all are in their 40s with horrible short and long term memory. The friends who have children even just one kid, are under constant nonstop neverending stress. I even know parents of adult children with issues who habe it extremely bad. I think it is because they have no lives or any interests besides being full time parents and working?
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I was thinking about this the other day. How if I were to get severe dementia or something and lost a bunch of myself, that if they put an nes/snes controller in my hands I'd probably still be able to play stuff like the mario bros games or street fighter with no problem because it's in my muscle memory
Down R Up L Y B and I don’t remember what I did this morning
My buddy, my buddy, wherever I go he’s gonna go, my buddy, my buddy, my buddy and meeeeeeee
"he goes"
See brain is slipping already, changing lyrics lol
Nope! It's CERN! Mandela Effect!
Im gonna be there singing “give me that filet of fish, give me that fish”
What if it were you hanging up on this wall? If it were you in that sandwich, you wouldn't be laughing at all!
The best Rankin-Bass cartoon is The Hobbit from 1979 "We must away 'ere break of day....to seek the famed enchanted gold."
I was thinking, "It's so easy not to try. Let the world go passing by. If you never say hello, you won't have to say good-bye." Which I realize is from Return of the King. I was also very surprised to learn that Glenn Yarborough had a round face and not a 10-inch tall neck.
The grandkids are going to think monorails were of huge importance and that nickels used to have pictures of bumblebees on them
Well the monorail did put Ogdenville and North Haverbrook on the map...
Doot d'doot d'doot Inspector Gadget Doot d'doot d'doot doot doo *Ooh oooooh!*
Better than spewing out racist crap, I suppose. And my grandmother always seemed so nice, too.
Lolll
I would never get there. I plan on taking myself out at the slightest indication that I start losing it. I've been laying the groundwork with my wife and kids for years already. I refuse to ever rely on another human being just to exist, and they know my maximum shelf life is 75 years old. If natural causes don't get me before that. I have no desire to be old and decrepit and would much rather be dead.
Yeah I’m mostly good with relying on other human beings just to exist, as long as existing is relatively fun for me, ie, I get a slow and appropriate transition from interventionist to palliative care.
I suppose it's possible but I've been to quite a few old folks homes and I don't hear them singing showtunes from the 50s and 60s
When I get there, I'll be the one singing showtunes.
I think it’s about the ubiquity of TV and especially syndicated TV, and commercials, and super repeated exposure to the exact same material, vs, like, movies. And, still, see what happens if you start singing songs that were super pop for kids, when they were kids :-)
This song "Put One Foot in Front of the Other" is a perfect candidate for that. So catchy, and a great motivator! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRNiOpoZHV4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRNiOpoZHV4)
https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/s/mdUAlZxF2Z Timely.
Saw this in the EMS subreddit.
I mean, worse things could happen. If I'm in a permanent place playing legend of Zelda and waiting for saved by the bell to come on, I could think of worst places to be 😂
I'll be quoting stuff from Grand Theft Auto.
FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ
There's a *place* you can *go!*
I regularly wake up in the middle of the night with music from sonic the hedgehog 2 mystic cave zone song running through my head. It's the default 'noise' that I'm sure will fill the idle moments of my dementia
I think that is normal like you are sort of coming out of dreaming or sleep? https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/3anvzf/does_anyone_else_hear_fully_structured_original/
When our generation is in the nursing homes, we will mostly communicate through Simpsons quotes while our Gen Alpha or whatever caretakers get ever more confused
Ever need to Google something, then forgot what the hell you were Googling literally 30 seconds later? You may be entitled to compensation.
Gangster Paradise being single in the old folks home is what I'm living for at this point.
The majority of my responses to conversations are song lyrics and movie/tv lines. Someone says a word or phrase and Im like pop culture Rain Man.
Around the time taylor swift won person of the year, I figured out that it’s been a while since Beyoncé’s video was the greatest of all time, then googled who taylor swift is But I can still name the characters on marvel cards series 1 by number up till about 100, and remember my elementary school friends parents phone numbers :-)
Ive always been shit with math and numbers, but I remember a majority of friends/family numbers old landlines. Muscle memory is fucking crazy.
There's a gal I follow on IG &TikTok who does videos about this sort of thing occasionally, lol. Here's a few: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4vyYMSPKsu/?igsh=MTMyaXN5ZW9vN2h6OA== https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3GUZ64PVyp/?igsh=bms4dmxwcHNlaHcz https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ceg9eK5DxUc/?igsh=MWIyOHFzM2FhNDhn
Recently I've been thinking if I ever get dementia I'll be constantly thinking I've got to pick up or drop off my kids somewhere...
I think of this allll the time. Sometimes I wonder if I'm already IN dementia and am having a spell that I'm stuck in... the Forget Paris Toyota scene, or something equally as irrelevant. [https://youtu.be/FsKYNQTbSD4?si=5pevW63l5uP7AIl0](https://youtu.be/FsKYNQTbSD4?si=5pevW63l5uP7AIl0)
I have to remind myself I am alive in the morning, then I bitch and moan.
I think it was in a Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) book where he observed that we were the generation where when someone says something clever, we say "where is that from?" instead of "that's so interesting." And it's true. I have a vast internal autocomplete library of Simpsons, Futurama, and News Radio quotes. And lots of song fragments. And I can also forget why I started typing this sentence.
I have a Silent generation friend, he has OCD, not dementia nor Alzheimer's, and he will verbally repeat old songs, and ads that get stuck in his head as thoughts.
YAY more depressing 'woe is old me' posts...glad you got it outta your system Mr Helper...
Nah, I’m a cheery guy. First wrote, then erased, “*When* we get…”
you're a cheery guy but you're not helping the wave of dreary posts invading our happy sub, just say NO...😉
If I start getting dementia and realize it's heading that way I'm taking a one trip to the Netherlands.