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Hello and welcome back to another episode of Movies and Shakers, the award-winning podcast.

About Lincoln, Parkinson.

I'm Gillian Lacey Salomon.

And I'm Paul Mayhew Archer, and let's see who else is here.

Rory Ketland-Jones.

Nicholas Mostyn.

Mark Maudell.

And are we all feeling very positive?

Because that is the topic for today. Is it so important to be positive if you're a parking? And what impact does it have on your health? And do those with a positive attitude fare better than those who don't? Will Tiggers Parkinson's decline less rapidly than the oars? I certainly, for one, have found that when I'm feeling sad or angry, my other parky symptoms get much worse than the converse. It's also true. And I've found that if I can laugh at my symptoms, they become easier to live with. For instance, last summer I had my first fall and cut my face open. But I felt much better as soon as I said to the nurse, Parkinson's often makes me laugh,

this is the first time it's had me in stitches.

I know, I know.

So let's go around the table and see if other people have found that too.

Not a terrible sense of humour, but positivity really helps.

Well, one feels instinctively it does because, you know, obviously being positive and feeling good about oneself, it's a sort of virtuous circle, isn't it?

Yeah.

And when bad things happen, it's difficult to haul oneself out of that black hole.

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