In fact, this film is already in a very ideal state. ALICE suffered from Alzheimer's disease when she was 50 years old, which means that she still has time and physical strength to make her passing more calm, and let her family and children have a gradual acceptance process. She can even think of recording a "suicide tutorial" in advance, using a mobile phone to help her memory, delaying the deterioration of symptoms, and reluctantly using a highlighter to complete a high-quality speech...
In fact, in reality, many people The disease was discovered by family members when he was very old, and it had already developed into a more serious state. When many elderly people forget things at the beginning, they don't care, and only regard it as a sign of "old age". "Everyone forgets things" is this excuse, which makes them miss the opportunity to communicate with their families in the final "sober communication". It's one of the classic symptoms of Alzheimer's when older adults vividly remember interesting things about their children's childhood but can't remember what they did yesterday.
Yes, I have been through all this, watching my grandpa get lost a little bit, like lost in an ocean. He is still alive, by your side, but it is just a shell, as the symptoms worsen (according to the current scientific level, Alzheimer's disease is irreversible), his soul and consciousness, as if a little bit before the body left this world. And as a family, there is nothing you can do. Little by little watching a smart, familiar person turn into a fossilized stranger.
If it is said that human memory is a glass of water, Alzheimer's disease is like a powerful hand that keeps shaking the glass of water. At the beginning, what you lose is only the topmost memory, that is, what happened recently. Because of the shaking of the water, the underlying memory may float instead, appearing clearly in front of your eyes, and slowly, this big hand will shake the water in this cup, just like the white screen at the end of the film, in the end, There will be nothing left in your brain.
Isn't the main evidence that humans are alive because we have memories? Even fish have 7 seconds of memory. And when you no longer have memory, you will gradually lose your function and basic rights as a human being.
I'm ready, maybe decades from now, I'll be ALICE too. How about you?
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