I felt good because I just changed my mother, Dotty, back into a whole person. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Dotty, 95 years old and Deeply Forgetful We recently published an article from Stephen Post, Five Sources of Hope for the Deeply Forgetful, Dementia in the 21st Century . The article is very deep reading, and as a result, it should be read slowly and carefully. Stephen’s message is a message of hope and joy in my opinion. After considerable thought, I decided to try an exercise on myself to see if these two words, deeply forgetful , would have any “naturally” beneficial affect on my outlook and feelings. Subscribe to the Alzheimer’s Reading Room Email: I started my exercise by standing in front of a mirror. I took several deep breaths to relax myself, and clear the mechanism (my brain). Breath in deep and slowly, breath out slowly. Hesitate and then do it over and over five times. You should feel the stress coming out of your neck, and feel more relaxed. Next, I looked into the mirror and said, my mother has Alzheimer’s disease . I then assessed the look on my face and how I felt. Frankly, this made me feel sad, confused and worried. I did a few more deep breaths, in and out. I looked in the mirror and said, my mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease . Well, I don’t believe my mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, but this still made me feel sad.

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