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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The beginning of Flowers for Algernon, or how I was introduced to the story through the movie Charly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That story was amazing but so crushingly depressing, highly recommend

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Flowers? Depressing? Why?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Being intelligent and aware of everything and then having that intelligence slowly taken away from you, feeling your mental capacity diminishing day by day while still having the awareness that it's happening, it's pretty heavy stuff. It really brings to mind my grandmother's decline after she got Alzheimer's, she was slowly losing herself and for a long time she knew it was happening and it was painful to watch, not to mention how brutal it must have been to experience it.

Flowers for Algernon is an amazing story, but it hits pretty hard after watching it in real life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Anyone who has had to watch someone decline from Alzheimers or ALS may benefit from watching Toxic Puzzle.

ALS and Alzheimers both have roots in an ecological toxin that has no $pharmacy$ quick-fix.

Yes, available on Netflix. Or free streaming from their website: toxicpuzzle.com

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