I have been depressed and despondent in my life and it is always because of what is happening to me or a loved one or family member or in society. When you weigh this fact against the good and bad times in my life you would think that bad times equal depressed times and good times happy times but that is not always the case because of the mindset or the established set of attitudes held by someone. A mindset is a set of assumptions, methods, or notations held by one or more people or groups of people. A mindset can also be seen as arising out of a person’s world view or philosophy of life.
Recently I had to put my wife of 49 years in a care home because of an advanced case of dementia. I tried to take care of her myself but could no longer meet all her needs and regrettably, I gave way to the fact that I needed professional help. For those who don’t know advanced dementia is a leading cause of death in the United States. Features include profound memory deficits, inability to recognize family, minimal verbal communication, loss of ambulatory abilities, the inability to perform activities of daily living, and urinary and fecal incontinence. Betty, my wife, has all of these symptoms.
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