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I feel for all of you. I am in the same situation. My mother was always narcissistic and dementia has made her a lot worse at hiding it. I am constantly irritated with her but I try to hide it but I still feel guilty. I took a part time job to try to have a reason to live and she complains whenever I leave the house. When I bring her food after work she says how great it is when I'm home, but it's really the food!!!
I have no answers as I wish she would realize how she is taking my last years away from me but I am encouraged to hear that I'm not the only one living with someone so self-obsessed. Good Luck to all of you, hopefully there is a special place in heaven for us all...
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It can be a VERY tough call on what to do with an elderly parent. My mother insisted on living alone in Massachusetts (my husband and I live in Maryland) BY HERSELF. In the end, I had to leave my Maryland home and move in with her in Massachusetts! Talk about an inconvenience! My sibling refused to help!!!!!!!!!!!
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Stellakat: You must seek out psychiatric help for yourself-saying "you've got to find a reason to live" is scary thinking. I, myself, sought the help of a low dose anti-anxiety med when I returned from living with my late mother in Massachusetts (yes, she deceased and I needed help myself from the emotional toll it took on me). You are not alone!
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