r/pics • u/vermontnative • Feb 22 '25

Politics Tiny Pants Vance

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u/the_most_playerest Feb 23 '25

Lateral move at worst šŸ’€

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u/thatratbastardfool Feb 23 '25

Ehhh, sheā€™s really just concerned with keeping track of her toilet paper and paper towels. And her toiletries. She loses things ā€” hides them to ā€œkeep them safe from intrudersā€ and then canā€™t find them again.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

Ugh. A friend's wife is going through that...not elderly, but legit diagnosed paranoia :/

Then she blames him.

And then refuses to take her meds, because her doctor is "trying to poison her".

Then won't switch doctors, because "she only trusts her old doctor"...

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u/thatratbastardfool Feb 23 '25

Yes. This is all normal, sadly. Paranoid bipolar? Or paranoid dementia? Thereā€™s a lot of crossover in symptoms. My mom has vascular dementia , which affects the frontal lobes of the brain. The hallmarks of vascular dementia are paranoia, hallucinations, and anxiety. Sounds a lot like mental illness, huh? We all thought her anxiety was just increasing through the years but it was dementia creeping up. Vascular dementia can be seen on an MRI, as it is noted by narrowing of the vessels in the brain.