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[quote=Anonymous]Op, at the early (undiagnosed, made sense later) stages my mom Had a caregiver because she had a fall. She visited me and basically was expecting me to bring her a bowl of cereal even though she was capable of it . She had been accustomed to it and it no longer occurred to her in certain situations that she could do it herself. Yet even though my brother was also staying with me at that time she never expected or waited for him to do anything. If you have been doing things for her maybe that’s it? Even at an unconscious level my mom assumed (rightly as it turned out) that I would be taking responsibility for her. I’m not sure it’s “faking it” in the way a cognitively sound person would but it could be an unconscious reliance in you to take care of her. [/quote]
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