actually, there is no more alice

Ona 2022-04-22 07:01:21

When AD enters his life, he, and our memories around him, begin to go into hibernation.

His image is stagnant in memory, surrounded by benign narratives.

This hibernation of memory doesn't seem to wait for spring, or we don't want to recall being disturbed by the hysteria of the night, the fear of being lost, or the unfinished sentence.

Life will begin to show a cruel and indifferent side. This is a brutal joke. What AD hurts the most is not the patient himself, but the people around him who love him the most.

If I was in college, as a bystander, I might be so excited to discuss AD as a topic of personal identity, I might misunderstand the existence of reason, and I might once again convince myself that I am a member of the non-self camp. It may be self-righteous to think that "loss" is easy to deal with.

But when a loved one encounters AD, all the so-called philosophical questions seem ridiculous and ignorant.

When a person's existence is gradually disintegrating, when it disintegrates in front of you, reason will not help answer the doubts of life, but will only make people feel the pain more clearly. It is also that pain that makes people learn to persevere, and makes people realize what is the real philosophical question.

In reality, when faced with AD, just like the patient itself -- have some good days and some bad days -- good days will have a lot of love and support, there will be the pure joy and joy of a normal family, but bad days will Mixed disgust, anger, and the ensuing remorse and heartbreak.

It's a slow losing process. Slow enough to sometimes give the illusion of getting better, and start to have unrealistic hopes.

I don't know if I still have a chance to fight for my life in front of my father's AD. I don't know what life will be like in the future. I don't know if I'll be sad or relieved when he can't say my name.

The cure for AD is unknown, and the choice in the face of AD is extremely difficult.

But that new he AD created could be another savior. Teach me how to truly face loss.

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Extended Reading
  • Doris 2022-03-30 09:01:04

    Quite a stable film, the script is not well written enough, and the tension it should have did not come out. It can be said that the whole film is supported by Moore's acting skills. It interprets an Alzheimer's patient in a restrained way without hoarseness. , screaming and grabbing the ground, there is only a sense of powerlessness that my memory is slowly being taken away, and finally listening to my daughter recite that paragraph is very touching.

  • Scottie 2022-04-01 09:01:04

    What's the point of such a plain and straightforward film? It's not convincing to take a movie queen based on it.

Still Alice quotes

  • Dr. Alice Howland: Good morning. It's an honor to be here. The poet Elizabeth Bishoponce wrote: 'the Art of Losing isn't hard to master: so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.' I'm not a poet, I am a person living with Early Onset Alzheimer's, and as that person I find myself learning the art of losing every day. Losing my bearings, losing objects, losing sleep, but mostly losing memories...

    [she knocks the pages from the podium]

    Dr. Alice Howland: I think I'll try to forget that just happened.

    [crowd laughs]

    Dr. Alice Howland: All my life I've accumulated memories - they've become, in a way, my most precious possessions. The night I met my husband, the first time I held my textbook in my hands. Having children, making friends, traveling the world. Everything I accumulated in life, everything I've worked so hard for - now all that is being ripped away. As you can imagine, or as you know, this is hell. But it gets worse. Who can take us seriously when we are so far from who we once were? Our strange behavior and fumbled sentences change other's perception of us and our perception of ourselves. We become ridiculous, incapable, comic. But this is not who we are, this is our disease. And like any disease it has a cause, it has a progression, and it could have a cure. My greatest wish is that my children, our children - the next generation - do not have to face what I am facing. But for the time being, I'm still alive. I know I'm alive. I have people I love dearly. I have things I want to do with my life. I rail against myself for not being able to remember things - but I still have moments in the day of pure happiness and joy. And please do not think that I am suffering. I am not suffering. I am struggling. Struggling to be part of things, to stay connected to whom I was once. So, 'live in the moment' I tell myself. It's really all I can do, live in the moment. And not beat myself up too much... and not beat myself up too much for mastering the art of losing. One thing I will try to hold onto though is the memory of speaking here today. It will go, I know it will. It may be gone by tomorrow. But it means so much to be talking here, today, like my old ambitious self who was so fascinated by communication. Thank you for this opportunity. It means the world to me. Thank you.

  • Dr. Alice Howland: I was looking for this last night.

    Dr. John Howland: [whispering to Anna] It was a month ago.