Survey on Coping With PD: Creating Happiness & Expanding Quality of Life

Initial Survey results show "Positive Thinking" to be the number one coping mechanism to live well with PD.

But...so what?  So now we talk about what we know. ...we make sure those in our lives who care for us are aware of what they can do for our good mental health and how important it is.

Promote the Positive

Send links to me for your favorite sites on the internet that promote your coping skills, and I'll link them to one of the categories below.

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Our mental health exercised by positive thinking and staying involved will be there to support us as our physical health deteriorates.

For the advocates among us, when you speak to groups or email newsletters, be sure to talk about the importance of positive thinking and the ways that have been identified to achieve a good attitude.

How Do I Cope With PD?

I look at beautiful art, like this print by Morris Graves.

I hang out with my teen age daughter and listen to Avril Lavigne

I keep in contact with my PD internet network of friends

I try to find the humor in everything...everyday life as well as the intentional (listen to David Sedaris!)

I keep in touch with old friends.

I talk to my parents and sister who live in a distant state.

I plan fun outings several months in advance to be sure I always have something to look forward to.

I play with website design for the sheer pleasure.

I remember to listen frequently to the Indigo Girls, for their poetry in song that captures the human condition

My Personal PD Alphabet

A

B

C

A is for agonist, Ali, amantadine, AJ, advocacy

B is for bradykinesia, balance, braintalk, Barbara, Bill

C is for clognition, caregiver, Carol, Carl, Carolyn

D

E

F

D is for depression, dyskinesia, dopamine, disability, dx, dysfunction

E is for Elvis, extra effort, environmental toxins

F is for Fox, forum, friends

G

H

I

G is for Grassroots, Greg

H is for hope

I is for Isacson, indigogo

J

K

L

J is for Joan, Jaye, Judi, Janet

K is for Kirkland Clinic, Kondracke

L is for leva dopa, lobbying

M

N

O

M is for movement, Mike, Millie & Mort, Mirapex, Maureen, Marcie, Mary

N is for NWPF, neuro

O is for off, OCD, Orcas

P

Q

R

P is for PD, Parky’s Pipeliners, PAN, Perry, Paula, Pwnkle, Peg

Q is for quality of life

R is for research, Requip, retreat

S

T

U

S is for Sinemet, support group, side effects, stem cells, slow

T is for therapeutic cloning, tremor, testify, tulips

U is for Udall, unemployment, unity, used o be, unknown

V

W

X

V is for victory, vision

W is for work, websites, walk

X is for executive function, exercise

Y

Z

Y is for yoga, young onset

Z is for lost zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's