Former President Trump on Wednesday clashed with an ABC News correspondent at a convention of Black journalists, slamming her “disgraceful” questioning after she asked why Black voters should trust him with another term.
Outbursts of uncontrolled anger are a common symptom of alzheimer's/dementia beginning to degrade the prefrontal cortex and the brain's emotional regulation.
Yep. I have an acquaintance with early-onset Alzheimer's, and he has posted a lot about how emotionally disregulated he is. He's fine in writing but he has warned his friends that if they visit him in person, he won't be like they remember him.
It is hell, and I've watched my grandpa slowly slip into it. Not bad, yet, but enough that you can see the awful frustration.
If my mind starts slipping away like that when I'm old, I'll probably just shoot myself honestly. It would be a preferrable way to go than gradually losing all my faculty until I don't know who I even am.