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Default Feb 16, 2019 at 05:46 AM
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I read a story over nosleep. It's about a demented woman being reminded about her time with her lover back in 1918. Again and again she is reminded of him. She has a fully grown adult daughter.


“Did you go somewhere frightening again, Grandma Edith?”
“I did, darling. I did.” The voice cracks with age, but I know it is mine. “Do I go there often?”...I am old, and my mind is going, and the only place it ever seems to go is back to that hell in 1918. I don’t want to go there, but I do. And it is just as horrible as it was the first time and every time that I have relived it since then.... But deep down in my heart I now know this, too: that I will not have to be afraid for long. Because Susannah will take my hands and bring me back, and for a time I will be safe and I’ll be warm. For a time, I will be home

Well then if it wasn't heartbreaking I don't know what is...
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Default Feb 16, 2019 at 06:20 AM
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Thank you so much for sharing this, TheLonelyChemist! I agree it's heartbreaking I'm so sorry for that woman. I hope she will be able to find some peace. Sending many hugs to her and to everyone
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It's a fictional story. However; we cannot let any more living person suffer from something as horrible as dementia.
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Thanks for sharing that TLC. It's message was put forward in quite a touching way, yes. I only read non fiction but it does remind that stories can carry a lot of human truths and wisdom.

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Default Feb 16, 2019 at 01:52 PM
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I am really wishing/hoping that science makes some breakthroughs in the next decade and that people can avoid the struggle of dementia, or any mental illness. Me included. Many hugs to everyone.
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Thanks for sharing that TLC. It's message was put forward in quite a touching way, yes. I only read non fiction but it does remind that stories can carry a lot of human truths and wisdom.

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That's good that you read only non-fiction. I have a fiction addiction. So much that I've been told to remain 'objective' (in the scientific sense, without it no real progress will be made) Anyway, thanks for your input.
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I am really wishing/hoping that science makes some breakthroughs in the next decade and that people can avoid the struggle of dementia, or any mental illness. Me included. Many hugs to everyone.
It will! Don't worry. I may or may not be able to help, but eventually science will be the practical solution to every problem. We just need great scientists and those who follow the scientific method. It's still a long way to go. But don't worry, it will happen. Some within the community think like me too.
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It will! Don't worry. I may or may not be able to help, but eventually science will be the practical solution to every problem. We just need great scientists and those who follow the scientific method. It's still a long way to go. But don't worry, it will happen. Some within the community think like me too.


Thank you guys didn’t mean to simplify our conditions. And not saying that there will be an easy fix. I have you guys support and that has helped me the most. When I was at my home country Venezuela (my dad had cancer stage 4 and went back for a year), I attended a Bipolar seminar, ironically not for me , but for my sister who suffers from schizophrenia, and I heard many patients talking to the doctor about the medicines they take lithium, rivotril, and many others. I felt like a tourist, but the doctor saw me and came up to me and he said “there are some people that just see everything dark” and took me by surprise because she could read me and I felt wow he could tell I am depressed. After that he explained that we need to focus on healthy habits to help us heal; walking, eating healthy food, do creative activities etc. Then I thought about all that and seemed great, but when I came back to planet Japan again all the stress, the closed society, living every day knowing I can’t see my kids, the. My dad dying, and the country in chaos I became suicidal. But the only thing helped me a bit was work, and in the line of work I do I get to know more about technologies in the healthcare sector and I am aware there are efforts to help mental illness, will I ever get to see any breakthroughs I don’t know, but I hope for it, for my sister , for my self and any body really dealing with any horribles disease. Too long and I am sorry is Sunday night in Tokyo and tomorrow have to go back to the working machinery keeping my face happy. Anyways hugs to all
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Thank you guys didn’t mean to simplify our conditions. And not saying that there will be an easy fix. I have you guys support and that has helped me the most. When I was at my home country Venezuela (my dad had cancer stage 4 and went back for a year), I attended a Bipolar seminar, ironically not for me , but for my sister who suffers from schizophrenia, and I heard many patients talking to the doctor about the medicines they take lithium, rivotril, and many others. I felt like a tourist, but the doctor saw me and came up to me and he said “there are some people that just see everything dark” and took me by surprise because she could read me and I felt wow he could tell I am depressed. After that he explained that we need to focus on healthy habits to help us heal; walking, eating healthy food, do creative activities etc. Then I thought about all that and seemed great, but when I came back to planet Japan again all the stress, the closed society, living every day knowing I can’t see my kids, the. My dad dying, and the country in chaos I became suicidal. But the only thing helped me a bit was work, and in the line of work I do I get to know more about technologies in the healthcare sector and I am aware there are efforts to help mental illness, will I ever get to see any breakthroughs I don’t know, but I hope for it, for my sister , for my self and any body really dealing with any horribles disease. Too long and I am sorry is Sunday night in Tokyo and tomorrow have to go back to the working machinery keeping my face happy. Anyways hugs to all
Thanks to your beautiful thinking, I got a sense of slight euphoria after reading your story... I've made a thread about living life the scientific (the 'best') way. Please read it here, if it helps you.
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Thanks for sharing that TLC. It's message was put forward in quite a touching way, yes. I only read non fiction but it does remind that stories can carry a lot of human truths and wisdom.

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Thanks to your beautiful thinking, I got a sense of slight euphoria after reading your story... I've made a thread about living life the scientific (the 'best') way. Please read it here, if it helps you.


Thank you TLC, I will read the article. Yes I think the euphoria is hard to control for me, these impulses... well thank you so much.
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Thank you TLC, I will read the article. Yes I think the euphoria is hard to control for me, these impulses... well thank you so much.
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Thank you always TLC.
I wish there was in the future I can plugin too, for virtual therapy with an Ai that can help me restore my chemically unbalanced mind. Today is rough just trying to get this done. I find sometimes that I deserve to grieve forever.hugs
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Thank you always TLC.
I wish there was in the future I can plugin too, for virtual therapy with an Ai that can help me restore my chemically unbalanced mind. Today is rough just trying to get this done. I find sometimes that I deserve to grieve forever.hugs
I don't want robots to take over the planet! Who will have thrilling professions like medicine and applied sciences? Where will the satisfaction go when robots will treat us? Just my two cents. I am not attacking your opinion or anything, I wish all the best for you, but I am just chatting with you.
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Default Feb 24, 2019 at 04:19 AM
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Thank you TLC, I understand your view. I would love to have the company if someone, even if is AI, pathetic it may sound but sometimes I wonder about the future and my imagination just goes wild.
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Thank you TLC, I understand your view. I would love to have the company if someone, even if is AI, pathetic it may sound but sometimes I wonder about the future and my imagination just goes wild.
It's not pathetic at all.
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Thank you TLC, all. Another problem besides loneliness and depression I have is I am very sensitive to noise, example people clearing their throats all the time or doing it very loudly, you can tell when it’s a genuine one and one which is just to annoy someone. Happens in every country but mobbing in Japan is very common specially if you are a foreigner, and now with the trade wars, Carlos Ghosn allegedly stealing money from Nissan, there is a frenzy going on anti foreign nationals. I hate it and this translates to the bullying and behavior around by this type of noises coughing, clearing the throat, sniffing, drives me crazy. On good days I can simply ignore on bad days I react and is not good because then I feel guilty or I feel bad about my self for letting them get to me. Appreciate your advise
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Thank you TLC, all. Another problem besides loneliness and depression I have is I am very sensitive to noise, example people clearing their throats all the time or doing it very loudly, you can tell when it’s a genuine one and one which is just to annoy someone. Happens in every country but mobbing in Japan is very common specially if you are a foreigner, and now with the trade wars, Carlos Ghosn allegedly stealing money from Nissan, there is a frenzy going on anti foreign nationals. I hate it and this translates to the bullying and behavior around by this type of noises coughing, clearing the throat, sniffing, drives me crazy. On good days I can simply ignore on bad days I react and is not good because then I feel guilty or I feel bad about my self for letting them get to me. Appreciate your advise
I understand. I am myself very solitary person; my parents taught me to never trust people and that the world is a very cruel place. They've various disorders of the mind and brain... I think I inherited all of it (or at least most of it -- genetic mutations shouldn't be common) BUT I am a very people person and I love to help people solve their problems... but as things have turned out, no matter how hard I try, I can never be like the other teenagers or young adults... everyone thinks I am different. Everyone. So involuntary to my will, I've to live a solitary life and I am trying to convince myself I am better off that way.

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TLC thank you for sharing that beautiful but heartbreaking story.

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TLC thank you for sharing that beautiful but heartbreaking story.
It's indeed beautiful but heartbreaking....
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