First experience with DH hallucination

@Cathy coconis

I'm not one to sugar-coat, but the good news is that sometimes hallucinations are nicer than real life. Early on, dad's hallucinations were pretty benign later on he had old buddies drop by to see him. I recall being snapped at when attempting to sit in a chair in dad's room because I didn't see his golf partner already seated there. My aunt's hallucinations were consistently pleasant— she'd look out her window at a stand of trees and describe the view from her bayfront cottage in Maine.

That said, dad's delusions, (false beliefs) which are different than hallucinations, tended to have either a dark side centered on people doing him dirty or fantastical in which he was the hero in a dangerous situation. For a while there he believed he was the Tom Selleck character from Blue Bloods. Auntie's delusions remained lovely throughout.

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My grandmother would see "the children," and they seemed to bring her joy. We could never figure out what children she was seeing, though. She had to sleep on the couch because they were on the bed. :-)

My dh (in memory care) may be having hallucinations that appear to be someone in trouble or being threatened (he was in the military) and he has to come in and rescue them.