Interestingly enough, that was one of the themes the instructor talked about...letting negative outweigh the positive. He was saying when somebody quits its because they let the thoughts in their mind saying they can't win over the side that said that they could. If you think you can't or if you think you can, you are right.

I already know what Sandy said about Jim to be true. I was in a pretty bad funk right after my dx and caught myself several times abandoning plans I had for the future because I assumed I wouldn't be able to do whatever it was. I had to start kicking myself to break that habit...

Being around my mom has also helped with that, because her mobility loss due to parkinsons came long before her cognitive losses...so I had to get used to the idea that she was still mom and was still the same person...she just couldn't stand up anymore.

Thanks for the answers!