While the world over, medical science tries to understand the cause and treatment of Dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (DAP) I raise a toast to those illnesses. A person seriously ill with DAP becomes like a 1 year old - with the same innocence and, well, if not goodness the person with DAP certainly does not exhibit any badness.
An innocence with no badness in a person is such a lovely state for others to experience that one wonders why pharma companies do not create a drug to induce Dementia / Parkinson's / Alzheimer's.
When one has dementia, one doesn't have much Executive Function (=S2) opera It's hilarious to see them tell people they are very dark or obese or make other such personal comments which they would never have uttered in the absence of DAP. The interesting thing to note is that the comments are made without malice. It's very innocent, the way kids say awkward things.
For an intro into S1, S2 read https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2017/10/thinking-fast-and-slow-daniel-kahnemann.html
A person with DAP also needs a lot of attention just as babies do. And just as parasites do. Except it's far easier emotionally to cater to the needs of a baby or a person with DAP than a person who thinks that the raison d'etre of your existence is for their convenience.
It was when I heard about the experience of a friend whose relative (obnoxious prior to DAP) has DAP that I was convinced of mankind's need for a drug that induces DAP.
People who live in close proximity to those having DAP understand that dementia isn't constant and that there are times that the patient's mind is clear. They dread those times.
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