Did You Know Losing Your Vision Can Feel Like Losing Your Mind?
My dad thought he was going crazy. But no one told him about Charles Bonnet Syndrome. Not even his doctor. So I did.
One minute I was putting in laundry. The next I was flying up the stairs two at a time. That’s what you do when you hear a crash.
Got upstairs just in time to see Dad hurrying down the hall as fast as his legs could go.
Get me out of here, he said.
So I helped him out the patio door. Settled him in his chair. Asked if he wanted coffee. Sure, he said. That would be nice.
I brought out two cups. Sat my butt in the other chair.
Then I asked him what he saw.
He stared at me silently. Then he slowly turned his head away and looked up at the sky. Mused about what a lovely day it was. I laughed. Then I asked him again. What did you see, dad?
He said he didn’t see anything.
He was lying.
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