Do we need to discuss what's happening to us?

Frequently I hear 'my husband/wife/partner/parent won't accept they have a problem, what should I do'?  I found this at the very beginning.  I would try to talk to Ash about the future but either he couldn't get his head around it or he would refuse to talk about it or he would decide that he didn't have a problem and had no idea what I was talking about.  The first time I talked to a friend about what was happening to us (the friend who put me on the track of Contented Dementia) my words were exactly that.  'He won't talk about it.  What can I do'?  He very wisely told me that there didn't seem anything to be gained from talking about it and to leave well alone.  He was right and I now feel I should pass those words of wisdom on.  Over the months I've been writing this blog I hope I've shown that what will most positively affect your lives at this moment are strategies.  Ash is on medication and I have no intention of stopping it in case it is making a difference but what has changed our lives the most is not asking questions, listening to him, slowing down, learning from what's worked and what hasn't, not overloading him with information and other things I've written about along the way.  Through all of this I've discovered that we don't need to talk about it all for these to work, I just need to stick to them with grit and determination.

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