I noticed that I have to limit anything I say to my mother to a bare minimum. She is in moderate late stage Alzheimer’s. I’m always very careful about what I say in front of her because she gets triggered. Mostly only mention the weather, or are you hungry? type of things. It’s getting to the point where she will fuss and cry over something totally innocuous. My sister is up visiting and helping me. I was in another room working on some genealogy for my husband. I said “family tree” in a conversation with my sister. My mom overheard and immediately started balling her eyes out thinking it was about her and went on and on about her family tree and how it fell down because everybody is gone. She will turn anything she overhears into some sob story about herself. I’m well aware her brain is broken but this is one behavior I have not heard of. Anyone else experience this? Thoughts?
I hope you can find a way to comfort her. If the care is too much for you perhaps you can bring in extra help. A medical work up may be warranted to treat depression and any other symptoms. I wish you the best.
Good luck.