Yes!! Memberships to all the local spots, please!!

But they just don’t listen.

As the proud parent of the first, second and third grandchild on both sides, living in an 800 sq. ft house with my husband and I too, I can say that I get it too. There’s not a very nice way to say for the 10th time, “I appreciate that you love the kids too, but 4 hours opening the gifts just from you on Christmas,…

What about US who aren’t doing a thing? Any places to donate or anything?

It’s alright. I got divorced and things got better. No thanks to my PCP or therapist. And I’m currently not being treated by either. Trying to find someone who CARES is fucking hard.

It’s also because we have such a limited understanding of how our brains work, that there isn’t a “cure” for false transmission signals like that, or much of anything considering the ways our nervous system can go haywire. Dealing with ‘external’ diseases, like having actual bugs in your skin, is much much much much…

Totally agree. See my comment. As long as the medical and pyschiatric community are maintained distinct, it’s very hard for patients to get the care they need.

Might want to start that in med school. I went to my PCP for YEARS suffering from the physical symptoms of a long slow nervous breakdown, and all she would say is “It’s stress. Talk to a therapist.” My therapist had no recommendations for the physical symptoms. Just keep coming in and shelling out lots of money for no…

“Some were also nerve fibers: in extreme cases of delusional parasitosis, patients will dig practically to the bone in a futile effort to stop the pain.”

Daddy president talks with mommy bloggers?

Congratulations!

Bloody mary for kids?

The "other"ing is a way to make themselves feel safe that they will never ever be in that position.

I meant her.

Yes I have. My grandmother continued to enjoy many of the activities she had throughout her life, though she needed help in performing many of them.

Agree.

Not like a statutory issue, because underage people don’t have (presumably) sixty years of developing their healthy sexuality. Some of that would be expected to stick around in someone with dementia. Sexual enjoyment is a right for adults. Not for kids.

What if she’s thinking he’s Slim (her first husband) and enjoying the hell out of it?

Uh, there was no screaming like a banshee in this case. Read the NYT article. There are other ways that caretakers can gauge consent, and there is nothing to suggest that she didn’t enjoy it in this case. No struggle, etc. They had a loving relationship. Sounds like your example, not so much.

Not necessarily. It could include “if, then” statements just like an AD.