Does Dementia Bring Out True Personality?

Does Dementia Bring Out True Personality?

“When someone has dementia, their true personality comes out. We all experience emotions like anger, rage, and frustration, but healthy adults are often skilled at using willpower to avoid childish emotional outbursts. For someone with dementia, they are no longer...
Acceptance Isn’t a Place

Acceptance Isn’t a Place

Ask anyone what they know about grief, and they’ll probably tell you about the five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. What a lot of people don’t know is that this model of grief is widely misunderstood and misused. The model was originally...
You Are NOT the Sum of the Five People Closest to You

You Are NOT the Sum of the Five People Closest to You

“You are the sum of the five people with whom you spend the most time.” Have you ever heard this idea? A LOT of people seem to believe this, and I understand where they’re coming from. It is true that human beings DO have a tendency to mirror one another. If...