Part 2: Activity 1.1: Finding the Emotion Line

Now that you understand how dementia can limit which “routes” a person’s thoughts can travel, let’s explore what that means in everyday situations.

In the following examples, think about what’s really happening inside the brain’s transport network. Write down your thoughts in the workbook before revealing the feedback.

1. What emotion might take the lead?
2. Put yourself in the shoes of a person living with dementia, whose ticket only reliably works on the Emotion Line. Imagine not being able to use memory, logic, or context to process your feelings or fill in the gaps. How might you respond?
3. Now consider how you, as someone who can travel freely on all the lines – memory, logic, knowledge context, and emotion – would respond in in the same situation. Why might your response different from that of a person living with dementia?

Take a moment with each situation to imagine the feeling that starts the journey and how it might shape the path that follows.