Almost everyone has heard of the placebo effect. Up to 40 % of the impact of medication is based on this, only strangely enough this effect is hardly taken into account/ hardly used. Purely be installing expectations the effect of medication can be influenced. Both positively (placebo) and negatively (nocebo)speaking. Expectations thus influence largely the […]
Category Archives: Coping with Contacts
Tip 6 of 10: Keep Up With Developments (and don’t become a ‘professional patient’)
WHAT IS A ‘PROFESSIONAL PATIENT’? (and is it good or bad?) The professional patient doesn’t really exist. It’s just a name Kees came up with for people who are constantly focused on their disease, as if it is the most important thing in their life. They’re on top of all the latest developments, are (extremely) […]
Tip 5 of 10: Ask The Right Questions (To Your Doctor Too!)
I DIDN’T, AGAIN! Do you recognize this? You visited your doctor and when you walk towards the exit, you realize: “I didn’t ask everything I wanted to know, again!”. How is it that some people ask everything that pops into their mind, without any hesitation, while others find it difficult to even think of the […]
Coping with Parkinson’s? Or Living With parkinson’s?
“What you give attention grows” a statement used by many coaches. And most parents know this too. If a child falls and you focus all attention on the pain, a child will be sadder than in the situation that, after the initial shock, you shift the attention to something else (something nice). In my experience […]
Reinventing my goal in life
In 1989 I started to work as consultant. Being educated as a chemist I started with advising on chemical waste, waste in general and waste prevention. Gradually I focussed more and more on laws and regulations about this topic and started managing other people busy with observing the compliance of the waste regulations. And together […]
Tip 3 of 10: Get That People Don’t Get Parkinson’s (And Explain!)
Someone without a chronic, progressive disease doesn’t understand what that’s like. And most people won’t recognize specific PD symptoms. A peculiar gait and impaired movements are not understood, much less a tremor or blank facial expression and the mental processes behind those. So many people don’t understand and tend to react with irritation and judgment. […]
Do you hear me?
Over a year ago I was in a training (regarding effective communication). Each time I made a comment or I asked question there was no response. Frustrating! Now was it a multi-day training so the experience came back a few times and I became more and more irritated. What I had to say made sence […]
The 10 Best Tips For Coping With Parkinson’s
In this article we summarize what we think are the most important tips to make coping with Parkinson’s Disease easier. And it is not just about ‘thinking positively’ (because that doesn’t work for most people), but about coping with symptoms, positive and negative feelings, helpful and unhelpful people around you, communication with yourself and a […]