Like you, Thelma, many oi us have other troubles we have to bear. My mother used to say (when I complained) , "If that is the worse thing that ever happens to you (regarding whatever I was complaining about), then you will be lucky in life." Parkinson's is not the worse thing that has happened in my life, but it does rank up there with authority.

There are many scholarly posters who are investigating the various possible causes of and solutions to what makes Parkinson's what it is and what it does. I am grateful to them for that. However, I also need help with the emotional and social aspects of this disease, and that is where my vulnerability comes is.

Perhaps I am a complainer, but I must say that if I can not come to the forum with some of these frustrations and worries, then I don't know where I can vent them. I do know that the "Snap out of it" approach does not help.

Ann