We all know how horrible it can be to experience alzheimer’s or watch someone go through it.
But we recognize the universal role of humor to help cope with fear of some things from a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a counter to my ongoing loss of memory and mental acuity, I had this light-bulb moment some time ago:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since they say that short-term memory tends to lose function first, I decided that is not my problem—it’s just things that happened over thirty seconds ago that I struggle with.
Oh well, just a thought.
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And, if a person has a number of experiences with minor memory failure, could that give natural immunity to the real thing ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Please don’t take this too seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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