Although my husband Bill is no longer capable of doing the complex biblical studies he once did, he still has a way with words. Yesterday as we were talking about his present situation with the AD, I asked him to tell me how he was feeling emotionally. At first he fumbled a little with his words, and then he went silent, thinking to himself before he answered. What follows is what he said Alzheimers feels like to him.
Bill: "I feel like all my thoughts, memories and my body are slowly being compressed inside me so I can no longer feel my feelings or think my thoughts as I once did. My body movements feel awkward and mechanical instead fluid and easy. I see words but they kind of fly away before I can say them, and I don't feel joy or happiness anymore. Most the time I feel OK, but it's like I am flat-lined instead of spontaneous and natural."
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