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10 Things You Don't Know About PD
Monday February 13, 2017
When it comes to Parkinson’s Disease, many folks have a mental image of an elderly man, stooped and hunched over, with a slow, shuffling gait, a cane, soft spoken and with slurred speech—maybe even drooling. While true in some cases of advanced Parkinson’s, there are simply too many other symptoms and situations that render this stereotype incomplete and inaccurate. What follows are facts to help dispel the myths.
Read ArticleLies That Parkinson's Disease Told Me
Monday December 19, 2016
Yes, I should have known better than to trust Parkinson’s Disease. PD is not our friend. It spends its time and energy devising ways to mess us up. There seems to be no part of the human experience beyond the reach of this tireless troublemaker. I know this. So I should have been on my guard. But I believed when it whispered the following lies in my ear.
Read ArticleManaging the Holiday Blues 2016
Monday December 12, 2016
Many among us will indeed rejoice. Unfortunately many will not. As mental health professionals remind us every year, vulnerable individuals will experience the holiday as stressful, an occasion that activates (or augments) emotions such as sadness, loneliness, feelings of alienation — “the holiday blues.”
Read ArticleWho Was That Masked Man?
Monday November 28, 2016
“You lookin’ at me?” The question was sharply confrontational. The inquisitor was a fit-looking and obviously volatile young man. The setting was a dimly lit street outside of a bar in a small town in Wyoming, and I was out past my bedtime.
Read ArticleThe Rain Is Shining — A Thanksgiving Message
Monday November 21, 2016
Thanksgiving gives us the opportunity to teach our friends and family, by our own example, how to deal with an unfortunate deal, how to smile through our mask, how to love what we have rather than wish we didn’t have it.
Read ArticleBook Review - H.O.P.E.: Four Keys to a Better Quality of Life for Parkinson's
Tuesday November 15, 2016
One of the most engaging books about Parkinson’s disease was written by Hal Newsom, a Seattle-based advertising executive. Diagnosed at age 66, he lived with the disease for more than two decades. He was active in the Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation and helped start the annual HOPE Conference®, now in its eleventh year.
Read ArticleAlexithymia, the Parkinson’s Get Out of Jail Free Card
Monday May 16, 2016
Parkinson’s disease, ever the over-achiever, brings with it a host of symptoms. You’d think that gait disorder, freezing, tremor, micrographia, dyskinesia, depression, dystonia, hallucinations, apathy, drooling, loss of ability to talk, REM sleep disturbance and constipation, just to name a few, would be enough. But the list just keeps growing. The latest addition: alexithymia.
Read ArticleIsolation and Parkinson's Disease, The hiding and the hidden
Friday April 08, 2016
Studies have found that social interaction lessens depression, a common problem associated with Parkinson’s, and that interactions with family and friends increase mental stimulation. These, are well-recognized factors in their importance in coping with PD.
Read ArticleNotes on Acceptance
Monday March 14, 2016
Us PwPs consider acceptance when our strategies of resistance are spent and we are feeling most vulnerable--and therefore more receptive to change. It should be noted that this is not a case of embracing naïve positive thinking. It is about shifting our perspective; it is about adopting positive reframing.
Read ArticleManaging the Holiday Blues
Friday December 18, 2015
The Holiday Season is here with its promise of joy. Many among us will indeed rejoice. Unfortunately many will not. As mental health professionals remind us every year, vulnerable individuals will experience the holiday as stressful, an occasion that activates (or augments) emotions such as sadness, loneliness, feelings of alienation — “the holiday blues.”
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