Sobering moment lady with Alzheimer's has a conversation with herself in the mirror | SWNS

This is the moment a lady with Alzheimer's had a conversation with herself - after not recognising her reflection in the mirror.
Betty Pettit, 84, was on vacation with her family in Garden City, South Carolina when she got confused by the full length mirror in one of the bedrooms.
The mum of three lives with her son Joshua Pettit, 46, and her husband Bob Pettit, 84, who each share the responsibility of looking after her on a day to day basis.
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[@jhanes3791]

No matter what, she's a lovely lady. Sweet and natural.

[@hellioncrown66]

So polite to herself even though she doesn’t know. This woman has a kind heart even with her conditions.

[@ruthortiz1994]

Beautiful lady, I'm a caregiver it always breaks my heart seeing a person with alzheimer's, but this warm my heart.. ❤ thank you!!!

[@kindhearted88]

God bless her. I lost my dad to Alzheimer's. It's so hard to watch the spirit die long before the person.

[@susanparker4550]

I wouldn't say the spirit has died in this lady at all, her mind might be confused but her spirit is alive & kicking

[@aliciawright2584]

I lost my sister in law to it. You are so correct. It is really difficult 😢

[@MelB868]

A person's spirit doesn't die at death it leaves the body if you are saved your spirit goes to heaven if not it doesn't

[@Teremei]

@@MelB868very simple, and wrong, way to look at it.

[@cedricmccoy4825]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@TeremeiCorrection, sir/ma’am..abandonment of absolute truth can/will never negate the reality of its existence! By opening up your mouth, you apparently assume a universal truth that you feel should be blindly adopted universally. That’s what they call “contempt prior to investigation”. Albert Einstein has been quoted as saying that that is the very highest form of ignorance, and should be eschewed at any cost.

[@kimberlycooper8413]

Crying. Such a beautiful soul. So polite and sweet.

[@denisoday7319]

Couldn’t agree more .

[@MrTeow]

Don't cry. Be like her son. As long as mum's happy, nothing else matters.

[@omnipotentone5628]

My older sister is going through this right now. She tells me how she often talks to our parents on the phone. They passed in 1990 and 2001. She's cheerful and happy, of which I'm truly grateful.

[@MelB868]

How does she talk to them on the phone

[@omnipotentone5628]

@@MelB868 In her mind, where her thoughts and dreams are reality to her.

[@vamboroolz1612]

My mother went through this too, used to tell us she had to get home to look after the boys,( I am the youngest of those boys and at 59 can look after myself. She used to talk about my dad as if she was just speaking to him, although he had died 10 years previously. Best advice I can give is dont fight it with your sister. Accept what is happening. My sisters would correct my mother and they would get upset. I accepted it and went with the flow. It wasnt a problem for me and luckily my mother always knew who I was and was always happy. Thats all you can ask.

[@larrythomas3624]

@@vamboroolz1612 I agree 100 percent. My Dad knew who I was and we could carry on otherwise normal conversations, but he would mention something like “you should see the car I got” and tell me details about a specific car and how he went out and got it. I would completely roll with it. If it was from a dream or whatever, it was completely real to him and he was happy! It wasn’t hurting anyone and I couldn’t see crushing something like that. (He was into cars, and I am too) On the flip side of that, my neighbor once told me about their family visiting his father in-law in a nursing home and the father in law said something about having just talked with his wife (that had passed long ago) and he made it a point to not only correct him and say “don’t you remember? She died” but basically argued the point and said I can bring you pictures from the funeral. WHY?!

[@vamboroolz1612]

@@larrythomas3624 Exactly. That scenario confuses and embarrasses them, not to mention shocks them. Can you imagine learning of the death of a loved one which for you is the first time, but getting that two or three times a day every day? As you say, it is pointless as within minutes they have forgotten and all you have done is devastate them for a few seconds. Not really the point of family love is it?

[@allied8673]

Working in the health field we see this kind of stuff alot, it’s hard but better for ur soul to laugh than cry!

[@kiddlesnmore2]

She’s absolutely adorable. ❤

[@programmingchicago]

She seems so sweet. I bet she is a great mom.

[@BrittanyDeeks-ld2ky]

My favourite video of all times. Bless her ❤️ so sweet

[@youfive1000]

It’s heart wrenching to witness a loved one suffering from this dreadful disease. I lost my father-in-law to Alzheimer’s. He was literally a genius who was reduced to an infant.

[@brade8430]

What a sweetheart…caring for someone with Alzheimer’s generally makes you cry much more than it makes you laugh…it was nice to laugh with her! 💜

[@margaretkennedy7172]

So sad, but so sweet.

[@mommybear2]

I have seen this video a number of times and it always brings a smile to my face. She is absolutely precious and I'm glad her family could find some joy even though she suffers with this insidious disease. God bless her.

[@MyPechangaSlotMachineVideos]

She seems so sweet but this was Soooo Sad. I hope we can fix this problem in the very near future.

[@AE-yt4lx]

This is so classic. Glad that you caught it on video. Thanks for sharing.

[@carolbolton4800]

She is soooo precious! I just LOVE her so much! Give her a hug from all of us here! xo

[@TheePrincessPurple]

This warmed my heart. She is so sweet, God Bless her

[@Kclynn07]

Watching Betty made me cry. My grandmother had Alzheimers and when I see someone else with it my heart breaks. You are so good and caring with her. I wish you and sweet Betty the best!

[@nancy4366]

My father had dementia. I honestly think the only thing that kept all of the family from losing our minds is that we NEVER lost our sense of HUMOR.

[@mamaj6028]

That's beautiful ! ❤

[@patpat4317]

What a wonderful lady and a wonderful son. He's put himself into her world and it's those conversations that keep her so happy. So many Alzheimer's patients are in nursing homes without any visitors or conversation, which is so sad. Betty's husband and son adore her.

[@kunstdontfollow8011]

She definitely rememberef to be a kind gentle soul, that's for sure

[@mamaj6028]

She's so sweet ! ❤

[@annealbert9490]

My Dad used to do that! sad and humorous at the same time

[@ellenherman9543]

I just learned of your moms passing. I lost my mom betty to this same terrible disease at 88. I know what you're going thru....painful to lose her...but she is at peace now❤ until you have to watch this disease take your loved one away...you have no idea the devastation it takes on everyone.!❤

[@nicoleyap6070]

Awww...you can tell she's so sweet! God bless Betty.

[@AhJodie]

She is beautiful and fun! How lovely that it doesn't scare her that there is a stranger in her room!

[@TobynJacobs2]

It’s so terrifying the fact that like parts of ability to speak and have like manners is intact but the ability to recognize her own reflection is totally destroyed. It makes it really uncanny as like you could think you’re totally mentally alright when in fact it’s the exact opposite. She would seem so functional and like healthy if instead she was just talking to another person, which makes it so uncanny

[@lesley6884]

Sadly, I have witnessed this from a lady I knew. She had a great conversation with herself. I took her home, after she said goodbye to herself. Sad, but she was happy!❤

[@sanv3275]

that is really sad and kinda awesome and wholesome at da same time well handled❤

[@n.statkov5045]

Great high five with her mirror reflection. It is interesting how she didn't think like "hmm this Betty's hand felt like glass, weird..." But she seems like a lovely lady!

[@JLang-bn3hs]

I hate this disease. Too many wonderful families are affected by it.

[@MrTeow]

As long as she's happy ❤

[@anitalornie1743]

What a sweet woman❤️

[@brianschmidt9919]

what a sweet and gentle spirit - i hope she has found peace

[@christopherherold8740]

She seems quite happy at least. God bless her.

[@mcrawley48]

Bless her heart❤️

[@eewag1]

This is both funny and depressing at the same time

[@ignacio4389]

Bittersweet

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

​@@ignacio4389 very bitter- and sweet.

[@rachael8646]

It's painful when people you love have Alzheimer's. But nothing is more reassuring than seeing them still happen and enjoying life and being themselves. My uncle still has his same smile and laugh. I can still make him laugh by blowing him an over exaggerated kiss when I leave. He can't keep up with conversations that well, but he can still play with his grand daughter who is the apple of his eye. It's good to know that Alzheimers can not stop his happiness. All any of us can do is enjoy the time we have, and he can still do that too.

[@moebanshee]

It is a blessing that she appears in all the videos I've seen to be easy going.. I tell this to everybody everybody's Alzheimer's journey is different. No two trips are the same. My husband could be as sweet as could be child like one moment and then stab me in the side with a pair of scissors the next.

[@sandrajune1172]

Such a sweetheart ❤

[@dcollier7239]

GOD Love and protect this Lady ❤

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

That is so sweet and at the same time so painful. I lost my Grandma to Alzheimer's disease. One day we went to visit her at the hospital. The doctor met us, and he explained that the day before, she had gotten out of her bed and came across a chair. And he found her looking at the chair. She had no idea what a chair was used for, no idea what a chair was. Alzheimer's is such a painful disease. I was genuinely happy it took my Grandma as quick as it did. Some families go on suffering for years. God help them.

[@Lorenzo_That_Vegan_Dad]

Proof that when the brain is deteriorating and then gone, you're gone. You are your brain and nervous system. Without it, you wouldn't be "you." I'm so glad she has a loving family to look after her. No heaven or hell... just humans doing the best they can to make it through, together, on this pale blue dot of misery.

[@JeanaSSD]

I love this lady 🥰. I know she passed 😢. RIP

[@summerryder1251]

RIP sweet Betty. 😔

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

This is heart breaking and warming at the same time, horrible disease

[@kyndred-ry5mm]

mother is at my house we take care of her ,she did talk to her self in the mirror ,now she's at the last stage ,3 words only

[@deebunny178]

Thats Ms. Betty! I love her channel ❤

[@freddyvalentine]

Beautiful lady

[@Ishtanara]

Poor darling

[@wandakitterman252]

She's so sweet...

[@ellenherman9543]

Please tell Betty's caregiver how sorry I am for her loss to❤ people dont realize the loss the caregiver feels to😢

[@RafaelSoltren]

May god bless her………she’s so sweet…….❤

[@Spartacus45]

Remind me so much of my own mother that passed with dementia 24/08/21. So a beautiful, delicate soul!! 🙏

[@patc5628]

This is so sweet and sad, watched my mother deal with Dementia before she passed away. I gotta say for 85, Betty looks amazing, the fact she could still stand up on her own two feet. God bless her.

[@MelB868]

My pawpaw is 91 and he can still walk

[@aprilfitts7251]

Rip to Betty. She passed away july 19,2024

[@weathercrazy]

I always loved this video! Will miss her smile and friendly voice!

[@JH-fv4ge]

Watching this clip is a real eye opener into the world of dementia. I found it both humorous and sad.

[@pierrefireball2505]

My dad's sister had Alzheimer it was terrible to see her lose everything she knew or remembered. One day instead of sitting outside she decided to walk back to where her parent's house used to be, she was found there crying her eyes out not understanding, why the house wasn't there anymore, but every other building was still there.

[@lenorevanhorn6364]

I love this lady she’s so precious! How can I see more of her?

[@vishwaja6970]

There's a channel named I'm Betty

[@lenorevanhorn6364]

@@vishwaja6970 how can I find that channel

[@aprilfitts7251]

She just passed away july 19

[@parlance.electricco]

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[@howoh908]

RIP Betty. Her son announced her death yesterday.

[@Mya_Sarah_Bellum]

Bless her heart. The day my dad died, he was petting animals that weren't there.

[@nobodyowens8159]

I just love Betty's smile She's so bonny x

[@johnmaccorquodale4738]

What a lovely woman. I don't care for it when people laugh in clips. I sometimes think it's at the person's expense. Imo

[@taraestelleadelizzi9975]

Self love, I need to treat myself that way

[@realynnmiller5814]

Awww bless

[@denisemottley22705]

Bless her. It is sad when people cannot remember who they are. A lovely lady opposite from me on the street was told her son had died of a heart attack whilst driving. Her response was 'Oh well worse things happen'. It was like the shock kicked in immediately and she forgot who she was. She would walk out during the night with her nightie on and another neighbour would go looking for her and she was always walking back to where she lived when her son was born. But she was still a lovely lady but living 45 years earlier in her head.

[@MelB868]

Why would she even say that what could be worse than losing your child

[@denisemottley22705]

@@MelB868 Exactly. I think the shock there and then just made her go mental. Even my 10 year old son at the time was so taken aback, he actually said Mum, that must be the worst thing to happen. She even thought there was another woman in her bedroom. She said 'I don't live here, there's another woman in the bedroom' so on numerous occasions I would go upstairs and say 'Elsie there's no one here' then she would go upstairs and get dressed. She had always been so bright and cheery until that day her son died.

[@JJOrange]

"Are you betty to? Hahah"

[@chrishateley5582]

I dread the day this eventually happens to me. My great grandfather had alzheimers. My grandmother's dementia is now so bad she can't remember me or any other relatives most days. My mom is 70 next year and has started showing what I think are early signs. I'm not bothered so much about what it'll do to me, I hate the thought of what it'll be like for my other half when the guy that loves her more than life itself doesn't even know who she is. I hope I die before she has to go through that.

[@JellyBean-jr8xb]

I remember my husband looking in the mirror and asking “who is that”! I said that’s you and he laughed so hard, and said “no way”! Lord I miss him!

[@stars-are-us]

I love Betty.

[@diannabuckley9870]

Just beautiful

[@TheColleenDabeanShow]

I cooked in a care home. There was a lady who could see, from her room, when I turned the lights on in the kitchen in the morning. She would often come down and ask me if I needed any help. I had to explain to her that she was retired and didn't need to work anymore. She couldn't remember her own name, but she never left her room without attaching her keys to a button hole in her blouse. She had no idea how long she had been there and I could never tell her because I didn't have access to that information. Sometimes I thought that she must have felt like she was living in a strange movie.

[@swissstockli3754]

I remember when my grandmother told me as she was looking in the mirror, "That lady won't talk to me." We would catch her in the hallway talking to the mirror. ❤ Miss her.

[@aleonard5359]

So sweet

[@CharleneCrowe]

This is very common with these type of patients. They don’t evn recognize their reflection. While all you do is laugh at the humor of it, but it’s so heartbreaking.

[@MarkGovern]

This lady wouldn’t have been able to give consent to this video being made public. I know my mother wouldn’t want herself broadcast publicly. I hope she wouldn’t have minded, she seems a lovely lady.

[@judilutz-woods3825]

How sweet

[@hallokid84]

I work at a manor , i love old people they always makeme laugh..

[@WinonaRuttman]

So sweet. ❤

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

Our own best friend.

[@investit9702]

Rip Betty

[@Joyce-rf7nk]

That was a cute video.

[@kevt4805]

God bless you and your soul

[@davidoftheglen3447]

"You talking to me ? "

[@Rombizio]

My mother in law does that everyday. It is disturbing

[@GSCannon]

How cute ❤

[@flawlesslygurdy748]

How is she doing with mirrors now? We had to cover ALL the mirrors in our home because it was starting to become too distressing for mom and she would refuse to use the washroom because the "neighbor" could see her there.

[@LorisBenedict]

The movie The Father is a great movie about the effects of Alzheimers. It stars Anthony Hopkins as the father. Heartbreaking

[@wrahvin]

heartbreaking

[@packetcreeper]

There's nothing funny about this. It's just sad and terrifying.

[@brentcormier6775]

Alzheimer’s is such an ugly disease. However there are so many studies out there that are showing promise. She’s a precious lady!

[@janetm.7872]

My dad age 92 with Alzheimer looked in a mirror pointing and saying there is Dad !!! He did look like his dad as he aged. Funny but sad at the same time.

[@jasonwhite7452]

It would have been funny if she said Betty your hands are as smooth as glass!

[@bkermanable]

This is scarier than any horror film to me

[@mstrainjr]

It's nice of them to record her mental deterioration and laugh about it.

[@ghordibarifilms]

The "Mirror Betty" acted as a sort of doctor and friend, instantly reassuring her that she can go to bed and get a good night's rest. I bet she slept like a baby! BTW I also loves how she affirms that she is in fact Betty and that will stay in her conscious for a while.

[@DerekDaly92]

Alzheimer’s is a good test for personality, if you are nice, you are stuck in a loop of being nice, even to your own reflection. My grandpa was always violent and confused so its much better the be that way than the other

[@patriciashuskie824]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ WHATS YOUR NAME? IM BETTY.