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Katcat

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25. Yeah

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 10:39 PM

23 hrs ago

My older sis was just diagnosed with dementia last year. Her husband ignored the problem until last year when he realized it wasn’t going away. And trump reminds me of her in his speaking. She is forgetting a lot of words and substitutes puppy for those words. It can be tough to keep up with her train but we do our best.

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This Is What Proves Trump's Dementia: Psychologist [View all] Jilly_in_VA Yesterday OP

I observed this with my Dad's slide into dementia. Midnight Writer Yesterday #1

My father was a writer before dementia misanthrope Yesterday #8

Every person I've known with dementia... ananda Yesterday #10

It doesn't always go that way. I've had many patients who got the happy type Maru Kitteh 23 hrs ago #21

What did your good friend say? misanthrope 23 hrs ago #22

I had success with some natural products for my elderly mom. JudyM 21 hrs ago #33

Thank You Desert grandma 20 hrs ago #34

Glad to share, Desert grandma, hoping it might help some folks. JudyM 7 hrs ago #36

Mine were a series of bridge psrtners. ananda 17 hrs ago #35

Were you friends before his diagnosis? babylonsister 23 hrs ago #23

The person I knew as him misanthrope 23 hrs ago #24

Yeah Katcat 23 hrs ago #25

""He used to speak with a high level of vocabulary in very polished paragraphs..." ProfessorGAC Yesterday #2

I distinctly remember wondering in the first campaign why his family didn't insist tanyev Yesterday #3

Good Comment ProfessorGAC Yesterday #4

THIS malaise Yesterday #5

I believe he was referring to the years well before his first term. n/t ariadne0614 Yesterday #6

So Am I ProfessorGAC Yesterday #7

Prof, I read the OP True Dough Yesterday #11

K&R for, What? When was that?" UTUSN 23 hrs ago #15

Yeah, that stuck out to me as well. progressoid 23 hrs ago #16

I agree with the MyOwnPeace 23 hrs ago #17

Prior to his first real run for president. Shipwack 23 hrs ago #26

Thinking the same thing Bayard 22 hrs ago #28

Nobody besides us cares Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #9

Yep. That's certainly true. calimary 23 hrs ago #19

Maybe he'll just fucking die already Orrex 23 hrs ago #12

Here is the video of that interview. I though it was well done and more than a little scary. mackdaddy 23 hrs ago #13

Through the years mountain grammy 23 hrs ago #14

I'm a native New Yorker mokeyz 23 hrs ago #18

Me too, also from New York. Javaman 23 hrs ago #20

I remember seeing him in a few interviews during his Apprentice days... Joinfortmill 22 hrs ago #27

My Dad had dementia, my Mom had Alzheimer's Bayard 22 hrs ago #29

This is what I think shows his inability to think rationally. He suddenly changes subject to talk to the media about the Doodley 22 hrs ago #30

Recommended. H2O Man 22 hrs ago #31

archive link BWdem4life 22 hrs ago #32