Anonymous
Post 07/16/2025 13:25     Subject: why does my father f
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My mom has dementia and often makes up stories that sound plausible. It can be unnerving, because she is very convincing. I think it's just her brain filling in for missing memories/incomplete information.


This. He's filling in what he thinks is the right thing to say, to seem normal.


Reiterating this x 1000. My mother with Alzheimer’s does this pretty much 100% of the time.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2025 09:48     Subject: why does my father f

Dementia or/and Hearing Loss

Maybe he needs to see his doctor..
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2025 09:26     Subject: why does my father f
Is this a change in behavior?
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2025 08:32     Subject: why does my father f
Anonymous wrote:My mom has dementia and often makes up stories that sound plausible. It can be unnerving, because she is very convincing. I think it's just her brain filling in for missing memories/incomplete information.


This. He's filling in what he thinks is the right thing to say, to seem normal.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 20:32     Subject: why does my father f
My mom has dementia and often makes up stories that sound plausible. It can be unnerving, because she is very convincing. I think it's just her brain filling in for missing memories/incomplete information.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 20:23     Subject: why does my father f
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:why does my father forget? (Title)


Sure your father has the problem?

Bingo!
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 15:12     Subject: why does my father f
He may think your mom is a nag ( even if she's not a lot of men in that generation default to that) so just instinctively says he did whatever it is she is saying was done or should have been done.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 15:10     Subject: why does my father f
Dementia.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 14:51     Subject: why does my father f
Anonymous wrote:why does my father forget? (Title)


Sure your father has the problem?
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 14:19     Subject: why does my father f
Anonymous wrote:Absent any other behaviors, it’s impossible to know what this means. Is this the only thing he’s doing that’s raising alarm bells?


he always keeps forgetting. When it comes to things like this. I think he just wants to answer quickly
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 14:18     Subject: why does my father f
Absent any other behaviors, it’s impossible to know what this means. Is this the only thing he’s doing that’s raising alarm bells?
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 14:18     Subject: why does my father f
Get blood work done. Could be dementia. Lack of sleep. Stress. Or all of those things plus or minus something.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 14:17     Subject: why does my father f
hearing loss. probably mild to moderate loss at that age.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 14:16     Subject: why does my father f
why does my father forget? (Title)
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 14:16     Subject: why does my father f


I am with my parents and had turned the stove off. My mom said the stove was off and my dad goes ”Oh sorry I just turned it off”
…. I am the one who did that. He keeps acting like this and I don’t know if he’s super stressed or what? 65 years old