Comments on: How to stay calm when you’re angry https://www.uptimizeyourlife.com/stay-calm-dementia-angry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stay-calm-dementia-angry Re-wire your brain, end self- sabotage and feel confident Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 By: Nadine https://www.uptimizeyourlife.com/stay-calm-dementia-angry/#comment-202 Sun, 20 Oct 2019 04:38:28 +0000 http://www.uptimizeyourlife.com/?p=1255#comment-202 In reply to Silka.

Dear Silka,
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences. It means so much to me that the article and guide have been helpful to you!
It is true.. we need these reminders. As family members we can forget and feel very frustrated when caring for our family member… thank you and sending you warmth and light… Nadine

]]> By: Silka https://www.uptimizeyourlife.com/stay-calm-dementia-angry/#comment-201 Sun, 09 Jun 2019 14:24:34 +0000 http://www.uptimizeyourlife.com/?p=1255#comment-201 Sally’s experience with anger mirrors my experience with my hubby. I’m most grateful for the reminder that, because of his brain damage, he felt so much shame for not remembering where to put the keys that he preferred to be seen as stubborn vs a forgetful man (a dumb person in his mind – the worst imaginable thing to him, a former math and physics instructor and software engineer). Remembering these words of wisdom will help me deal with our challenging moments when he tries to do his own insulin injections which can take up to 1 1/2 hours at a time. I’m usually okay until the 4th injection at night – that’s when I start to ‘lose’ it.
My greatest help has come from reading the ‘Calm Caregiving’ synopsis which reminded me to ‘see’ the world through his eyes. It created much warmth between us and his injections were much smoother and took less time. It is a constant reminder to me to see him as he is now rather than as I wish him to be.
Thank you, Nadine, for your helpful insights and words of comfort and understanding.

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