Walking to Nowhere?
Hello,
I am new to this sub, however I am glad I found this community. A little about my situation, I moved back home to take care of my widowed 79 year old mother. She is in overall good health, does have RA, pulmonary fibrosis, and some undiagnosed mental disorders. She does still drive even though I would rather her not however she is VERY stubborn and does not want anyone to tell her what she can and can’t do. She claims she doesn’t want to be too reliant on me bc she may start losing her cognitive ability if she gives up too much to others which I love and respect her for however she’s already had a fall and has vertigo, issues with balance. She goes above and beyond for her grandson bc his mom is a deadbeat (doesn’t care about school, education, homework, etc) so she does as much as she can for him bc unfortunately our father is incarcerated. Does his laundry, picks him up from school, makes sure he does all of his work, gets anything he needs for school, etc. I wish she wouldn’t but again, she wants to. I have an aunt in other state who barely deals with anything or give any support/help bc she doesn’t get along with mother cause she’s not patient and can’t handle her stubbornness so everything is on me.
With all this said, I was getting ready to walk into the kitchen last night when I saw my mom holding the lid for the pressure cooker bc we had used to earlier for dinner and I thought she was going to dump the water out in the utility sink however she just kept walking straight until she hit the wall and then basically snapped out of whatever that was a minute or so after. I’m ngl I’m terrified, I have NEVER seen her do anything like that. Most I’ve dealt with is her repeating herself sometimes or her forgetting things but I am very concerned and I have not said anything to her she doesn’t even know I saw her. Has anyone dealt with this before?