My family is been destroyed by a terrible kind of dementia. I had a dog who saved my life and who I will always remember. Even when I don't have money to eat properly or buy me medicine I buy food for street animals. I saw so.anu people of my family dying of a horrible disease. I struggle with depression, anxiety and a plethora of mental illness. I has to bath my grandmother, I had to resuscitate her because her nurse freak out. I had to bath my mom, clean her poop, brush her teeth, feed her, carry her, I was judged horribly by a few people in my family because they don't agree how I, a depressed person, was taking care of my mom without their help, I tried to kill myself, my sister tried to.kill herself after our mom died and I was with her in the hospital with her crying when her stomach was been cleaned. I was molested when I was a kid by people who should have protected me, I worked with chdren in cases of abuse even getting sick everyday remembering what I went through. I don't care you if done believe me. But never downsized a dementia case. My heart aches for theses animals. But I know deeply what dementia does with a.person and the people around. So no, I don't lack empathy. And the proof is the I pity you deeply.