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briskbeam

I want my roommate with dementia to die.

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With my current living situation, I have been staying with a man with severe dementia for a couple of months.

He just sleeps for the most part, or vacantly stares at the television until he's ready to go back to sleep. In between this time, he has a tendency to scream and sob extremely loudly, and when he gets frustrated or can't understand something, he kicks the ground, punches objects, and violently jumps and flails around yelling.

I work nights, and when I come home, I have to be extremely quiet around him at all times. It has interfered greatly with my life, and I can't do the things I need to do, because any noise at all will bother him and potentially send him into an episode. Even something as simple as dropping a pen can lead to him slamming doors at best, or having a full-blown screaming/sobbing fit. I share a room with him, so I get no privacy. Any time I'm off or home, he's always right there. I absolutely despise it.

His hygiene is also terrible. I can literally smell his breath lying in my bed, and it smells rotten. I finally brought it up as kindly as I could, but he threw a fit about that too, going on about how he "hates this place".

My patience has run out. He needs to be in a home or care center, not in a shared living situation with me. It has impacted my personal life significantly, and I'm exhausted from dealing with him.

I wish he would hurry up and die.

Posted Dec 9, 2025, 9:02 AM UTC

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