letter to dad thread (now defunct)

People with certain conditions engage in confabulation, which is in many ways distinct from both lying and telling the truth. It doesn't necessarily have to do with not remembering or misremembering something so much as the brain creating a false memory in an attempt to maintain its internal timeline in the absence of actual data. This can be a subconscious thing, and can seem very much like intentional gas lighting, and can have many of the same effects. This isn't necessarily to say that anyone has Korsakoff syndrome in this situation, but it is worth remembering that for some people, especially people who struggle with memory issues or paranoia, their perceptions of reality can vary widely from what another person in this situation would likely perceive, and they can become aggressive when challenged because they fear their own inability to remember or believe their own memories so strongly they think the people around them are lying.

I am aware as I say this that it is heavily influenced by my own life experiences and having dealt with people who are like that. I do not know with so little information if your father is the same way, it's just an impression I get based on what details I do have. PPlease discard anything I say that doesn't ring true to you. it's just totally believable to me that someone could have prevented you from getting medication and then taken the fact that you didn't get medication as proof that they were correct in thinking that there was no need to medicate you.