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"They think I'm exaggerating." When everyone says your loved one with dementia seems fine, that's usually the thought doing the hurting. I had it about my own siblings, until I chose a different one.

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He sounds totally fine on the phone, so family thinks you're exaggerating. Or he has a really great day, and you wonder if the diagnosis was wrong. Earlier on, dementia doesn't always look like confusion.

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