Seeing Things release new single – EXCLUSIVE video premiere!

Capturing fear, anxiety, terror and despair, Seeing Things reflect on current social issues of apathy and injustice. Through their lyrics, they confront these issues directly and encourage the listener to face their own inner demons. Ever since its inception, Seeing Things was forged to bring a fres

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Video Premiere: Seeing Things – “Switchblade”

Capturing fear, anxiety, terror and despair, Seeing Things reflect on current social issues of apathy and injustice. Through their lyrics, they confront these issues directly and encourage the listener to face their own inner demons. Ever since its inception, Seeing Things was forged to bring a fresh new sound to the stage. Th

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3/4 BTW, I found a possible medical description of her behavior: Visual release hallucinations aka Charles Bonnet Syndrome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_release_hallucinations
The article doesn’t mention letters, but says the images are tiny. Today the letters were the size of the holes in a piece of matzo. Approx 1-2 mm in size. Another similarity: my mother has macular degeneration and is functionally blind in her left eye. (Right eye works.)
#CharlesBonnetSyndrome #AMD #OldOld #OldBrains #SeeingThings

2/4 She was pondering a piece of matzo and I asked if it was saying, “Eat me!”
She laughed, then squeaked out in a funny voice, “Eat me!”
I told her that I wasn’t worried about her seeing words in things, but if she started to hear objects talking to her, then I would worry. She laughed and said if that happened she probably wouldn’t tell me about it. And I said I hoped she would tell me about it, that I want to know, even if it makes me worry. #OldOld #OldBrains #SeeingThings #caregiving

I almost forgot – Mom's word-visions 1/4
Today’s words:
DEWBERRY (in the seam of a pillowcase),
COO (in a piece of matzo),
MOOSE (in a chocolate cookie).
Today she was seeing the word first, or extrapolating it from a few letters that were visible to her. She was doing this all day, but these were the only words she could piece together when encouraged.
I do love dewberry!
#OldOld #OldBrains #SeeingThings

My mom's "hidden" words of 12/28 and 12/29:
PROFIT
SASSAFRAS
The latter was supposedly to be located on her hands, or as she put it, referring to her fingers, "on these things." Not written there, but appearing there in some way.

She will also look for letters in the arrangement of crumbs, freckles/moles (I made the mistake of suggesting "connect the dots"), and the edging of sweater vests.

Later, she doesn't recall the word incidents.

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I come back to find her in her recliner inspecting a paper tissue (e.g., a kleenex, see pic). She is looking at the puckered edge.
P: What are you doing?
M: Trying to make out what’s written here.
P: I see only puckers.
M: No, there are letters, can you read what it says?
P: No. Do you have to blow your nose?
M: No.
P: Then maybe put that aside and write something in your notebook? 7/9
#caregiving #MemoryLoss #OldBrains #OldOld #SeeingThings

New entry in the journal of my mother's word-visions.
Today the word was DECOR, then DECORATE. On her floral bedsheet. Somewhere within a grouping of flowers or, as she described it, the Geshichte (Yiddish for "story," according to what she told me a few minutes ago, hours later).
Me: What makes you think it's there?
Mom: It's gotta be somewhere.
Me: Why? What dictates DECORATE?
Mom (long pause, looking at the pattern): I don't know. +
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Later, getting ready for bed, taking off socks, looking carefully in the direction of her feet. Me: "What'cha lookin' at?" Mom: "Letters, swirling around down there." Me: "What kind of letters?" (and I realize that's not what I meant, then wonder what typeface, italic, bold, colors she sees...). She thinks for a moment. "Not the kind you get from the post office." Then dismissively: "I'd rather not think about it." Swings her feet up and into bed. #oldbrains #SeeingThings #VisualHallucination