About a year ago I noticed my Mum (69) was talking over me and my Dads conversations about stuff totally unrelated and seemed distracted when me and my son visited. My Dad admitted that she had lost all her confidence and was unlikely to drive again and it wasn't a good idea to invite her to a large gathering where my husband was singing as she probably wouldn't be able to cope with it.
Nothing much has changed since then but with the awful weather we have been having she has been saying she has been really fed up (they like going out for long walks & go away in the UK on walking holidays) as they are stuck indoors, feels really depressed and whenever we go over she always says the same things - not liking eggs, fed up, hates her wrinkles and seems really distracted.
We are not the sort of family to talk openly about our emotions and feelings and part of me is scared to have "the chat" with my Dad as I think I am scared what else he will tell me - it is also hard to get him on his own.
This is losing me sleep as I feel I am a bad daughter pushing this under the carpet and I feel increadably guilty.
Last Saturday Mum said that she thinks she is losing her mind and laughed, I didn't know what to say.
I am a 45 yr old grown woman who doesn't know what to do......
Nothing much has changed since then but with the awful weather we have been having she has been saying she has been really fed up (they like going out for long walks & go away in the UK on walking holidays) as they are stuck indoors, feels really depressed and whenever we go over she always says the same things - not liking eggs, fed up, hates her wrinkles and seems really distracted.
We are not the sort of family to talk openly about our emotions and feelings and part of me is scared to have "the chat" with my Dad as I think I am scared what else he will tell me - it is also hard to get him on his own.
This is losing me sleep as I feel I am a bad daughter pushing this under the carpet and I feel increadably guilty.
Last Saturday Mum said that she thinks she is losing her mind and laughed, I didn't know what to say.
I am a 45 yr old grown woman who doesn't know what to do......