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3 Strategies for Coping with Personality Changes When Dementia Is Involved
Did you know that your brain’s shape is thought to influence your personality?
While more research needs to be conducted, BBC News reported that researchers suspect that your personality traits are linked to differences in the thickness and volume of various parts of your brain.
So, you may wonder: How does that relate to the personality changes I’ve seen in my person living with dementia?
Well, when Alzheimers or another form of dementia sets in, the brain first undergoes a series of chemical changes. And these chemical changes will, over time, cause physical changes to the brain.
So, if our personality is influenced by the thickness and volume of parts of our brain, it becomes more understandable that dementia may cause a person to change quite a bit.
Nevertheless, seeing a person that you may have known for a long period of time change before your eyes can truly be difficult to process. To help you cope a little better, we’ve compiled a few points for you to think about and keep in mind as the care partner for a person living with dementia:
