Hi everyone, my name is Paul. My mom is going to be 84 years old in a couple of weeks and she is in assisted-living. She resides there with my 65 year old brother who actually suffers from schizophrenia. I am their guardian. My brother helps to take care of my mother so that we don’t have to put her in the memory ward and can keep her in assisted-living for a while. My mom seems to be progressing a lot. The other day she tried to eat the sponge on the sink, thinking that it was actually food. She’ll ask me questions about paper towels because she doesn’t remember what they actually are and she thinks the shape of them are odd. She also told me the other day that she has a baby boy in her belly, and that she’s pregnant. She whispered to me “ don’t tell anyone“. I’m not so sad anymore about all this, I try to go with the flow with her. I find that she really loves music and it makes her very relaxed. I also take her to church on Sundays because she seems to be very fulfilled by that . I also always give her a hug when I see her because I know that it feeds her emotionally. I always, always joke around with her because she loves to laugh and that seems to help her a lot too. This just motivates me so much to take care of my own mind, my own brain in my own body as much as possible so I can avoid this often illness as long as possible in my own life as I age. Thanks for listening!
I did read one of the post where somebody referred to this condition as a magical delusion. That really helped me actually. Maybe I can look at it and in a positive light so that I could bring as much joy to her as possible instead of reflecting sadness to her. Forget “maybe “, I can definitely give her that!
I did read one of the post where somebody referred to this condition as a magical delusion. That really helped me actually. Maybe I can look at it and in a positive light so that I could bring as much joy to her as possible instead of reflecting sadness to her. Forget “maybe “, I can definitely give her that!
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