Dementia The Bookcase of Life
Imagine you have a bookcase with several shelves
each shelf is packed with books and each book is a memory about your life it is about people you have met and places you have been memories happy or sad are in all these books.
the shelves are stages in your life starting at the bottom .
shelf number 1 bottom shelf
memories of when you were a child
shelf number 2
memories of your school ,college maybe even university.
shelf number 3
starting out in your chosen career.
shelf number 4
your first love ,getting married.
shelf number 5
having children.
shelf number 6
your children getting married and having children.
shelf number 7 top shelf
your retirement years . Now imagine someone comes along and shakes the bookcase so hard that some of the books fall out . Notice that more books fall out from the top shelves then they do from the bottom . Not forgetting these books are your memories .
shelf number 7
the top shelf is almost empty the shelf that holds your day today memories your memories of now ! so you cant remember who people are or where you are. you are not familiar with your surroundings as you do not remember them .
shelf number 6
the shelf has a lot of books missing your memories of your children getting married of you becoming a grandparent . so your not quite sure why they are there because who are they you do not know or remember them.
shelf number 5
you may have forgotten who your children are because the book of memories fell out of the bookcase .
shelf number 4
the book is missing from when you got married its gone it fell out ,the man in your house could be an intruder because you have no idea who he is.
shelf number 3
there a few books left here you clearly remember your days working at the bank and your achievements there and that you were there for 5 years . but you dont know what you did after that because that book fell out .
Shelf number 2
there are books here and there on this shelf you can remember you went to college and that you studied accounts ,your school days and friends are still there but only sometimes because that book of memories is teetering on the edge of the shelf and is about to fall out.
shelf number 1
this shelf is almost full you remember your brothers and sisters and your parents and you spend all day wondering where they are and why there not looking for you .
Marina Barker
shelf number 7 top shelf
your retirement years . Now imagine someone comes along and shakes the bookcase so hard that some of the books fall out . Notice that more books fall out from the top shelves then they do from the bottom . Not forgetting these books are your memories .
shelf number 7
the top shelf is almost empty the shelf that holds your day today memories your memories of now ! so you cant remember who people are or where you are. you are not familiar with your surroundings as you do not remember them .
shelf number 6
the shelf has a lot of books missing your memories of your children getting married of you becoming a grandparent . so your not quite sure why they are there because who are they you do not know or remember them.
shelf number 5
you may have forgotten who your children are because the book of memories fell out of the bookcase .
shelf number 4
the book is missing from when you got married its gone it fell out ,the man in your house could be an intruder because you have no idea who he is.
shelf number 3
there a few books left here you clearly remember your days working at the bank and your achievements there and that you were there for 5 years . but you dont know what you did after that because that book fell out .
Shelf number 2
there are books here and there on this shelf you can remember you went to college and that you studied accounts ,your school days and friends are still there but only sometimes because that book of memories is teetering on the edge of the shelf and is about to fall out.
shelf number 1
this shelf is almost full you remember your brothers and sisters and your parents and you spend all day wondering where they are and why there not looking for you .
Marina Barker