Episode 143: When Life Gives You Parkinson's with Larry Gifford
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, I have an interview with Larry Gifford from the When Life Gives You Parkinson's podcast. He was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's disease at age 45. This was a serious curve ball for someone with a spouse, a child, and a blossoming career in radio. We talk about his show, coping with a Parkinson's diagnosis, honest conversations with family, and misconceptions about Parkinson's disease.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, so you know, we'll see. Here's the other thing, Duff, that really drives me crazy. |
| 0:06.0 | It's like we've been, you know, you get on workout kicks, you know, you make a New year's resolution, you work out for a month, |
| 0:13.6 | and you give it up or whatever, |
| 0:14.7 | or you go on a diet, you give it up. |
| 0:16.9 | This is something I have to commit to for the rest of my life. |
| 0:20.6 | Right. |
| 0:21.4 | And that seems big. |
| 0:24.0 | It's not fair. |
| 0:26.0 | Well, and so like I almost have to commit to it each day for that day, because saying I do to exercise for the rest of my life just |
| 0:36.1 | seems like a huge commitment. Almost overwhelming. That makes a lot of sense |
| 0:41.4 | yeah so saying today I'm doing this today I commit to doing this that's at least you can do that one day at a time |
| 0:48.6 | Right. Hey everybody before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:54.9 | This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general, |
| 0:59.2 | and some of those could be sensitive for you. |
| 1:01.3 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave and |
| 1:03.9 | consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your |
| 1:07.4 | limitations. So please use your best judgment. I will never be offended if you need to |
| 1:11.8 | skip a question or an episode entirely but |
| 1:14.3 | feel free to feel it out check out the episode and just see what happens if you need |
| 1:17.8 | to skip that's okay but you know feel free to give it a shot first I also |
| 1:21.8 | need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not your |
| 1:24.2 | psychologist and I'm not your therapist. This is not intended to be direct medical |
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