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Confessions: How It Really Feels When You Parent Has Dementia
The content below was sourced from real posts on the Whisper app, the largest online community where people anonymously share real thoughts and feelings. Join the community to continue the conversation today. When you have a loved one with dementia, it is scary and heartbreaking. It's so hard to see the person you know and love change so rapidly before your eyes. This is only harder when the person suffering is your mother or father. These adult children share their personal experiences with losing their parents slowly to this awful disease. May these heart wrenching stories remind you how precious life and our loved ones are.

It feels like your world is crumbling before you.

1
My dad is starting to get weaker and having to use diapers. I hate dementia and what it's done to him. No one should have to go through this.

From:
Portland, Oregon, US

Hopeless indeed.

2
My mother and I lost contact for 10 years. We spoke for the first time on video chat. She has dementia and I feel so hopeless.

From:
Syracuse, New York, US

A scary reality.

3
Today my dad was diagnosed with early stage dementia... The idea of him one day looking me in the eyes and not knowing who I am breaks me. I can’t lose my best friend.

From:
Somewhere

The truth can be so painful.

4
I AM losing my mother to dementia. IT sucks...

From:
Maastricht, Limburg, NL

So hard.

5
Sometimes I wish my mother would just die instead of having dementia. She is suffering so much. I hate that these will be my final memories of her.

From:
Somewhere

Not easy at all.

6
My mom has brain disorders and dementia episodes and she emotionally and psychologically abuses me during those times. I’m slowly breaking even though I’m supposed to be taking care of her. #SOS

From:
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, US

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