{"id":155,"date":"2020-10-27T23:30:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T23:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.concretebutterflies.com\/template\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2022-02-06T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:31:01","slug":"parkinsons-open-your-mind-and-be-at-peace-with-yourself","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.concretebutterflies.com\/?page_id=155","title":{"rendered":"Parkinson&#8217;s &#8211; Open Your Mind&#8217;  \u2026 and be at peace with yourself \u00a9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Parkinson&#8217;s &#8211;  Open Your Mind&#8217; <br>\u2026 and be at peace with yourself \u00a9<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Book Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Story Origin &amp; Synopsis:<\/strong><br><br>My brief is to write a really positive Parkinson&#8217;s book, one to help inform of the vagaries which typify this progressively degenerative neurological disease.<br><br>The book&#8217;s aims are to engage with, and to&nbsp; inform those unaware of the huge effects Parkinson&#8217;s has on the diagnosed. It will also reflect upon how a positive attitude helps to fight the brain disease, encouraging those affected to open up their minds to an acceptance of the condition.<br><br>Almost seven years ago, I awoke early one morning following a mild headache which had interrupted an uncomfortable night&#8217;s sleep.<br><br>By the lunchtime of a new day, I experienced a memory wipe of all things technical. Significantly, I lost the ability to use a keyboard to type. Everything IT seemed permanently lost to a silent switching off of brain cells.<br><br>Random right-sided body tremors took hold and the slide down a seemingly never-ending slope to daily life of dysfunction, indecision, mood-swings, and significant personal losses began.<br><br>A fascinating story of early Parkinson&#8217;s has been traced by brain scan markers back to my early teenage years.<br><br>Thankfully, the somewhat stark and definitive diagnosis has also presented me with the prospect of positive life changes.<br><br>Correct medication is now identified and life is much improved. Positive revelations of the who, what, where, when and why provided an essential key to unlock enlightenment.<br><br>The more recent journey has been one of self-discovery following years of periodic dysfunction. Discovery of answers to a myriad of questions has helped to find life solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Parkinson&#8217;s book is written in positive&nbsp; mode detailing ways of how to overcome everything we have thrown at us.<br><br>The condition&#8217;s sudden manifestation had left me utterly bewildered and lost. All of this, combined with abandonment by those who couldn&#8217;t, or wouldn&#8217;t try to understand the metamorphic changes, has left one of life&#8217;s deepest scars.&nbsp;<br><br>So the clearance from my life of all negative influences and then locating, occupying and living within a head space free from anxiety, stress, and unnecessary conflict provided a positive way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parkinson&#8217;s Disease, alongside other neurological disorders, thrives upon, and is triggered by stress, anxiety and conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book highlights positive self-management by rejecting adverse situations, along with all those involved whose negativity and uncaring influences cause the condition to significantly worsen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Acknowledgements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parkinson&#8217;s UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Legal:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Parkinson&#8217;s &#8211; 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