Hello, I have just registered after a phone call to find a support group near me. I have read some of the entries and although my husband was diagnosed with Cognate Disorder some 6-7 years ago his memory is deteriorating and he has become very withdrawn - we say about 5 words each day. He has been tested at the memory clinic and has always come out top of the class with all the responses (he was a very clever man when he was younger). I am not a very tolerant person and am finding it really difficult to understand his inability to grasp things, he watches the same programmes on TV over and over because he cannot remember having seen it but my real question is has anyone's husband started to watch pornography. I first found him watching porn in the night about 5 years ago (he was around 80 then) on the computer and although we had numerous fights about this over the years and I threatened to leave him (I did tell his children after another warning) he still continued this habit. I have now changed his password so that he has to ask me to use the computer which he says I am depriving him of. I have also initiated the child blocks on the TVs so I hope he is now unable to watch adult theme programmes. This is a behaviour which has begun since his memory problems and it has caused a big rift in our relationship and my lack of trust. It's my second marriage (his third) and I just didn't sign up for this........... I see all the other posts that have far worse situations to deal with than mine but I am quite lonely and feeling sorry for myself.......
A Question.....
- Thread starter SadSal
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Hello @SadSal and welcome to DTP
Oh yes, Ive had the porn obsession. Ive also had the viagra to "enhance" his appreciation of porn too...... I did the same as you and switched on the child blocks on the internet and TV and then blamed an update by the internet providers (
). Like you, it came as a shock. Its very common with frontal lobe damage. People with FTD (frontotemporal dementia) often do not have problems with their short-term memory until quite late in the progression, so Im wondering whether this rings any bells.
www.alzheimers.org.uk
Oh yes, Ive had the porn obsession. Ive also had the viagra to "enhance" his appreciation of porn too...... I did the same as you and switched on the child blocks on the internet and TV and then blamed an update by the internet providers (
). Like you, it came as a shock. Its very common with frontal lobe damage. People with FTD (frontotemporal dementia) often do not have problems with their short-term memory until quite late in the progression, so Im wondering whether this rings any bells.
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the less common types of dementia. It is sometimes called Pick's disease or frontal lobe dementia. The first noticeable FTD symptoms are changes to personality and behaviour and/or difficulties with language.
www.alzheimers.org.uk
