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Scenario

How watching dementia challenges beliefs about personal identity

My mom has dementia and she's losing herself piece by piece and I can't stop thinking about whether there was ever really a self there to lose.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gradual dissolution of personality reveals how much of what we call 'self' may be more fragile and constructed than we assumed.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Humanism and secular meaning?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.