I enjoyed reading about the four dialectics: presence-absence, certainty-uncertainty, openness-closedness, and past-present in regard to the study done on women whose husbands suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.
The concepts reminded me of the movie The Notebook. In presence-absence Allie the main character(who has Alzheimer's disease) is physically present, but as the web lecture states she is also mentally and emotionally not there. To help ease this situation, in the movie Noah tries very hard to bring the memory back to Allie by retelling stories about their dates, first kiss, holding hands, and arguments.
The openness-closedness could be when Noah continues retelling stories, but at one point Allie got really terrified and totally flipped out when Noah was holding her hand. Allie’s respond was a big surprise which can relate to openness-closedness.
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Hi there! I like how you used The Notebook as an example to explain the 4 dialectics because I also enjoyed reading about the four dialectics. Your example helped me to understand this concept even more. I can see how using techniques such as recalling first dates, first kisses, and holding hands could possibly help bring someone’s memory back. I believe when people have amnesia they appear physically there, however they are not emotionally there.
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