An 82 year old nursing home resident with moderate dementia treats her doll like a real baby and calls it her baby daughter, Susie.
Ans) She is reminiscing about the good old days.
Explaination:
- Reminisce is a dreamy way of saying "remember the past." If you're swapping old stories with friends and remembering all the silly things you used to do, then you're reminiscing.
- Reminiscing is all about happy recollections and thinking back to stories from the past.
- Nostalgia Is Good: When We Reminisce, Life Feels More Meaningful And Death Less Frightening.
- Reminiscing helps us feel better about the present and more hopeful about our future. A wealth of knowledge has arisen in recent years speaking to the idea that nostalgia has psychological and physiological benefits.
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