01/06/2025
Robin Williams took his own life because he was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia. Bruce Willis’s illness is Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and Lewy Body Dementia. One of the hardest things to process about Dementia, is the slow changes that occur in a loved one. They become a completely different person! Everything changes. It’s called the long goodbye. Rapidly shrinking brain is how one doctor described it. As the person's brain slowly dies, they change physically and eventually forget who their loved ones are and become less themselves. That loved one can eventually become bedridden, unable to move, unable to eat or drink or talk to their loved ones. Some may scroll through this message because they have not been touched by Dementia - Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, just to name a few. You may not know what it's like to work with, or to have a loved one who has fought or is fighting this battle.
In an effort to raise awareness of these cruel, debilitating, neurodegenerative disorders, I would like to see at least 5 of my friends put this on their timeline. I'll settle for at least one.💜
