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.....losing it mentally even more than losing it physically? have heard many others say this

Degenerative things like dimentia are big in my family. Yes, I'm worried about it.

Both are very worrying but my mind is still okay whereas my body does sometimes feel like its falling apart.

But youre still yourself if your body fails you. You lose yourself if you lose your mind and thats awful.

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Yeah man. It's a terrible fate. I witness it every day, and know that it could very well happen to me eventually.

I'm far more worried about losing my mind one day than losing physical function.

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Eat your fruits and veggies and everything will be fine

Becoming completely dependent on others would drive me to suicide.

Not gunna lie.

Just feeling like a burden to loved ones....or hospital staff "tolerating" me because Im paying them for the service. And I'd be annoyed with them knowing they are sucking my entire life saving's dry just to keep me in a bed (or something).

It's basically hell on earth to become a prisoner of your own failing body/mind.

Truly sad.

havent gotten to that phase yet.

bigger concern rn is being unable to do basic things like lift things above a certain weight, or being able to walk/ run/ jump

GreenKnight127 posted...

Becoming completely dependent on others would drive me to suicide.

Not gunna lie.

Just feeling like a burden to loved ones....or hospital staff "tolerating" me because Im paying them for the service. And I'd be annoyed with them knowing they are sucking my entire life saving's dry just to keep me in a bed (or something).

It's basically hell on earth to become a prisoner of your own failing body/mind.

Truly sad.

That stuff is still illegal in almost all u.s. states iirc

GranTurismo posted...

That stuff is still illegal in almost all u.s. states iirc

Assisted suicide?

GreenKnight127 posted...

Assisted suicide?

What else could I be talking about?

Well no it hadn't crossed my mind lol

Being physically confined while your mind is just fine has always been my nightmare

i had a mental breakdown in my late teens but it was due to not sleeping like a dummy and stressing about things i had no control over (family dying) and now im scared of losing my mind early in old age cos of what i did in my late teens having damage on my brain from that so yes i am worried.

My grandmother had Alzheimer's and my mother has dementia. I already have a hard time remembering things that are important to me.

Yes, my grandma had dementia, and my grandpa had severe physical limitations towards the end. The suffering was much worse for my grandma.

At least my grandpa could chill in bed and watch tv and take pain medication, but my grandma was just at the mercy of her disease and could do very little to alleviate her suffering.

GranTurismo posted...

What else could I be talking about?

It was just weird that you said "that stuff". Didnt know if you were referencing something else. Maybe related to hospice care, or the costs of medical treatment for people without dependents/families who can help take care of them.

Because it would be nice if it was illegal to just dump elderly people out on the streets if they cant afford medical treatment.

Imagine some 85 year old woman being kicked out of her hospital bed because her husband is dead, her kids are on the other side of the country, she had to sell her house to make payments, and now her bank account is dry because she can't afford the $2000 per day IVs and shit.

Si far the only person I know headed that route in my family is my great grandpa. We haven't seen any loss mentally with anyone else. Even so I'm super worried about it