coping with senility theme

also known as: coping with dementia

A character copes with a loss of their mental faculties that comes naturally with age, or one of the more severe conditions that is sometimes associated. Alternatively, a near and dear character copes with this happening to someone they care for.

Notes

This theme is used for example when a character copes with dementia, or Alzheimer's.

Examples

In tng3x23 "Sarek", Sarek coped with having Bendii Syndrome, which is a rare degenerative neurological disorder that sometimes affects Vulcans over the age of two hundred.

28 total · 4 choice · 7 major · 17 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ds97x07 choice Kor was losing his mind on the ship
movie: Imaginaerum (2012) choice Thomas suffered from severe dementia.
tng3x23 choice Sarek :: Sarek
voy3x04 choice The Doctor
ahh2x24 major Miss Emmy Wright had become stereotypically forgetful in her twilight years. Her olfactory sense, however, was as good as it had ever been or better.
as1985e1x01 major Grandpa Clyde's immediate family members worried that he was becoming dotty.
movie: Batteries Not Included (1987) major Faye was suffering from dementia to the point that she was often disoriented and disconnected from the goings on around her.
talesoftheunexpected4x07 major The old man Klausner wondered that he might be going insane and asked Dr. Scott to come over to verify that he too could hear trees scream using Klausner's device. Other people, such as Dr. Scott, worried that Klausner was losing his mind.
tng7x25-26 major Picard :: Picard
tos2x11 major Kirk, McCoy :: Kirk, McCoy