Still Alice-the evolution of the mental process of dementia

Katelyn 2021-12-01 08:01:26

There are many movies about dementia, but the part of this film that appeals to me is that it describes "dementia" from the perspective of the "patient", that is, the main perspective.

The heroine is a professor who teaches linguistics at a university. She has excellent abilities and a happy marriage. At the age of 50, she has a lot of expectations for the future...and imagination, until she begins to experience "memory impairment".

Dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease (named as dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease in the fifth edition of the Mental Illness Diagnostic Guidelines Manual) includes:

(1) Family medical history or genetic testing Discovery of a genetic mutation that causes Alzheimer’s disease
(2)-1 Significant deterioration in memory and learning: As a professor of linguistics, she began to fail to recognize words, forget recent invitations, and lost her way in a familiar campus...
(2)- 2 Cognitive state gradually degenerates: Symptoms become more and more serious, gradually unable to complete the crossword puzzle, unable to control their own urination... The

movie filmed how the patient faced his own mental process when the symptoms began, gradually worsened, and finally, it was very sad. It's very heartbreaking and worth seeing.
If there really is that day, how should I face that kind of self.
This film provides viewers with more understanding and ways of thinking about "dementia".
In particular, Julianne Moore’s performance was so brilliant, when she finally took the stage, even I couldn't help tears in my eyes.

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Extended Reading
  • Julio 2021-12-01 08:01:26

    Very delicate feelings, lost, looking, unwilling, all kinds, Moore is a play in every look. Little K is improving. Hope Moore wins the prize.

  • Adalberto 2021-12-01 08:01:26

    "Probably tomorrow I will forget, but speaking here is still of great significance to me. It reminds me of the ambitious self in the past, the charming self who is proficient in verbal communication." I am learning the lost art, From time to time, I also miss myself.

Still Alice quotes

  • Dr. Alice Howland: You may say that this falls into the great academic tradition of knowing more and more about less and less until we know everything about nothing.

  • Dr. Alice Howland: I need something to read.

    Dr. John Howland: I thought you were reading Moby Dick.

    Dr. Alice Howland: Yeah, I was. But I got tired of reading the same page over and over again. I can't focus.

    Dr. John Howland: Well, that happens to me when I read Moby Dick too.