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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone thinks they would off themselves because everyone thinks they would be like their normal selves trapped inside a declining brain. But actually that brain is you, so the person still feels like themselves a lot of the time, basically until they get stuck or fall into a “hole.” Like realizing they can’t find the car keys and it’s because the car got taken away five years ago. A lot of care giving is just gently turning people away from holes all day long and helping them feel like themselves as much as possible. [/quote]

OP back and this is a great point. MIL isn’t truly “herself” anymore and so her family seems perfectly fine keeping her diagnosis a secret from her and playing along. MIL definitely has agnosia - the inability to recognize or understand that she has a cognitive decline and diagnosis.

I’m actively in therapy to deal with this now but it’s infuriating to me that my MIL loved nothing more than to gossip about those in declining health and never could be trusted with secrets - and now we’re all playing along in this delusional game.[/quote]

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