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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I want to thank you and everyone who posted for this thread. This has completely validated the experience I have had for the past few years and it has made me feel less crazy and anxious. I am the target of mom's wrath and my sibling, who she wasn't very close to, only gets pleasant behavior. I have been gaslit so much and mom has become completely paranoid about me and complains to others. Luckily we have good professionals involved so I could detach and stop dealing with endless hostility.[/quote]

OP here.  Thank you for responding.  I think it is important that we know we are not alone.  It is such a fine line to walk - wanting/needing to do the right thing, and not taking the behavior personally. It is so important to hear what works for other people who have been through this - how to shift our own thinking when the person who has dementia is acting differently than we are used to. The dementia on the parent's end seems to have creeped in slowly over the years, and now it is becoming more obvious, but no one in the family is saying anything, which makes it more isolating.  Plus, the parent is extremely patriarchal (makes no secret of it - a product of their age and upbringing), so certain people are targeted. It is strange to see people singled out, but in retrospect, it has been happening slowly over the last few years or so. [/quote]

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