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Stop Apologizing for Your Parkinson’s: The Hidden Exhaustion Nobody Sees
There comes a point with Parkinson’s when you’re not just tired from the disease. You’re tired of explaining the disease.
Why are you so tired?
Why are you quiet?
Why can’t you decide?
Why did you change your mind?
And before you know it, you’re apologizing again.
“Sorry I’m slow.”
“Sorry I forgot.”
“Sorry I need to sit down.”
“Sorry, it’s just one of those days.”
But why are we apologizing for symptoms we didn’t choose?
In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, we talk about the hidden exhaustion that comes from constantly explaining yourself and why…
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