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She said she’d noticed that as her brother’s memory loss progressed, he became more restless and could spend hours doing the same tasks repeatedly, often old habits, such as folding towels or arranging bird feeders on the porch.
WHY THIS VIRGINIA MAN SPENT DAYS MAKING AN ALZHEIMER’S ‘BUSY BOX’ FOR A STRANGERCATHY FREENOVEMBER 12, 2020WASHINGTON POST
A restless Virginia resident finds sights that evoke the West within driving distance
IN DELAWARE, A NEW INSTAGRAM-FRIENDLY DRIVING TRAIL SPOTLIGHTS LOCAL ARTISTS AND SITESANDREA SACHSNOVEMBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON POST
If that stress response becomes endless, the bodily effects can wage a mental toll through anxiety, irritability, depression, restlessness or lack of focus.
WHAT MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HAVE LEARNED SIX MONTHS INTO PANDEMIC CAREMARION RENAULTOCTOBER 8, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
Can it have so much turmoil and restlessness, and not be allied to humanity?
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 58, NO. 362, DECEMBER 1845VARIOUS
Many a night the cliffs repeated the restlessness of the wind-shaken water until the sun quieted all with light.
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WONDERLANDENOS A. MILLS
Business, eager for gain, exploits this demand for stimulation, and social contagion spreads the restlessness of our population.
RURAL PROBLEMS OF TODAYERNEST R. GROVES
Nature would have her revenge for all the restlessness and anxiety of the past few days.
THE STORY OF THE WHITE-ROCK COVEANONYMOUS
Henceforth his happiness was assured and he knew no more the restlessness and melancholy which had clouded his enjoyment of life.
VICTORIAN WORTHIESGEORGE HENRY BLORE
But when it drew towards Yule-tide again, and the darkest time of the year, the same sort of restlessness came over him.
WEIRD TALES FROM NORTHERN SEASJONAS LIE
She would wake in the night, and cheat her restlessness by inventions that teased, while they sometimes diverted her companions.
LIFE WITHOUT AND LIFE WITHINMARGARET FULLER

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