#loss-of-identity

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fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

'I lost me': How frontotemporal dementia changed a mind and a marriage

You lost yourself? Yeah. Where did you go? I don't know. I don't have a sense of who I am. Marc Pierrat's mind once ran as smoothly as the gears on his endurance bike. He was a mechanical engineer by training and a marathoner for fun, a guy who maintained complicated systems at work and a meticulously organized garage at his Westlake Village home.
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fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

I Was Unexpectedly Widowed At 36. I Expected To Grieve, But I Never Expected This.

Grief is not only overwhelming but also leads to a profound sense of disorientation and loss of self after the death of a loved one.
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