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What Parkinson’s Taught Me | Emma Lawton | TEDxSquareMile


Translator: Aiman ​​Bajaber Checker: Ayman Mahmoud

Welcome, I’m Emma,

When I was 29, four years ago

My condition was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

I can not control the slides here because my hands are shaking so much.

So someone is doing this for me

It’s you, I’ll need to look at you. Thank you

I’ll do this whenever I need to change the slide. (Hand movement)

Thank you

I would like to tell you what Parkinson’s disease taught me

During that time.

It is very unnoticed

( Laughter )

I was diagnosed four years ago

When I was 29 years old

I did not expect to be Parkinson

Not so at age.

If you are a girl of a certain age

I think it is very rare for women to be infected

It is rare for women of 29 years of age

I felt for a long time something strange in my right hand

I could not fix something in place

I was ignoring this.

My father was in the end who told me

“Go to the doctor, and know what it is.

It became important to know what it was “

That’s what I did

They took me to do brain radiation

I thought to myself, “Oh, it’s serious now

It’s a bit of a danger zone “

But I still suspect it

Possibly neuropathy, or it is the carpal tunnel (neurological disease)

I did not expect it to be any more serious

And for brain radiation

While I was waiting for her results, they told me

It may be Parkinson’s disease

Or Huntington’s disease, or perhaps Wilson

And as a wonder what one would expect

I wish I had a Parkinson

Because other diseases lead to death and I was not ready to die

(29.04.2013)

This was a diagnostic history of the disease in the end

It took a little time to find out

It was a crucial day for me

It is not a sad day.

It was the day I knew how to get ahead in my life

How do I get over things?

It was also a day when I found my family around me

We went on a fun family day that day, because we were with each other

We thought we were all here, so be a nice day.

The day I knew him became where I would find someone to support me

They were around me, they were around me to help me .. forever

Every message I received, I got a lot of support with.

An assistant at work sent me to say

“We trust you to get sick ….”

( Laughter )

We returned to the normal situation immediately.

There are currently 127,000 people in Britain living with Parkinson’s disease,

I’m just one of those.

But I was given the opportunity to talk about my story many times,

I think that’s because I’m talking about it

And are positive

It is certainly easy to shorten people,

But the view made it easier for me to cope with the disease.

Because in the end, I was dealing with so much old

And disturbed by Parkinson’s disease, and thought, “How will I deal with him?”

I had to know what I would do with the disease to make my life good,

Strong, and make decisions for myself

And I understood that fact

I can not change what happened to me

(Dopamine compound formula)

I lacked the presence of dopamine in my body

That was something .. It was a serious deal

Probably know who have knowledge about Parkinson’s

That Parkinson’s causes a drop in the rate of dopamine

It is a chemical compound in the human body that controls your temperature, mood, and movement

And how the brain communicates with every muscle in your body

So you are fighting a battle in front of your brain

You will not win.

But I thought I could reassemble all this

I work to market brands I can do it

It made it right for me and even enjoyed it

And I’m still dealing with this

But I deal with him in a way

Makes me more positive and happy in the end.

I love to share with you

The way I found happiness

In order to scale Parkinson’s disease.

Part of it is what I wear.

Sure, it makes me happy.

So I will share my ten ways to find happiness

When it is really hard to find.

These are the ten ways I have looked at my case

And discovered it myself,

And made them something I am happy and proud of

Not looking for happiness

Originally, if you are looking for them

You will not find anything in the long term.

I searched for them in men on white horses

They carry armor and things like this.

I searched for them deep in the Haagen Daz Ice Cream Boxes

I searched for it and I ran the pages down in my device (to see comments).

I searched for them everywhere.

In the end, you’ll find passing happiness in these things

It really comes from within

And I know this is a very wasted idea

It is likely that everyone has spoken thousands of times

But if you are happy with yourself and how you are

Then spread this happiness among others

So seven times that will come back to you

People around you will be happier as well.

Do not bring with you what supports you in the show and you are infected with Parkinson

People will not trust you.

(Laughter)

It’s okay to say that your day is very bad

It is okay to have your day as well.

You can count on the old saying I like

“You can add a sparkle to the faeces, but it will still be Braza”

(Laughter)

If you encounter bad days, you will face good days

If you feel unhappy

You’ll feel happy on a good day

It is good things that happen in your life

I must tell people that my day is bad

And be honest with them,

As someone talking to them about Parkinson,

I darken everyone,

If you’re talking about it, it’s amazing

As if I am adorned from the top

It is not. It is very difficult.

But if you are honest with people, they will know how to treat me,

They will know what I expect of them, what I want and what I do not want to help me.

It will make it easy for all of us.

Because every time I told anyone I was sick with Parkinson

I know that this breaks their hearts a bit

I may have told them so ten times

But it is like the first time they hear it.

Be patient,

With yourself, not with others,

Because that will never bring happiness to anyone.

Be patient with yourself, and do not settle down.

It was so easy to stay in a corner

I do nothing for the rest of my life.

No one can accuse me of doing so

Because my injury is so great

But I’m doing more now than I’ve been doing before

Because I feel that I have nothing to lose.

What is the worst that can happen? To hit Barkinson? I did it as you know.

(Laughter)

It is OK then.

So, because of that, I’m going out and doing more than I’ve ever done before.

And I encourage others to do it.

Live your life as if it were your last chance to do something.

Say yes to more.

I say yes a lot, but I seem to need to say no little.

Because I never sleep.

But it is a great opportunity to experience new things

When suddenly falling into a situation

And deal with new things.

Remember that everyone has something as well.

It may be trivial for you, but great for others.

In fact, you are friendly with others

Think about that person who drives you away and you’re standing on the train

It may be a difficult day at work,

The woman who left her child weeping in the corner of somewhere

You look at her with a sneer

Maybe they lost someone from their family.

Do not really know what is happening in their lives.

You are forgiving of others

You will be happier.

As a person living in London, I have been taken by surprise as a fast-paced city.

All people are in a hurry to go somewhere or do something

And they drive others through them.

It is nice to take some time to understand what others feel.

This tolerance will come to you,

Because if you are tolerant of others, they will treat you equally

It may take time

He may not be the same person you did well

But it will eventually return to you.

I wear flat shoes, I can not emphasize the importance of this.

(Laughter)

If you have unhappy feet, you have an unhappy mind,

That’s all I can say.

I’m wearing a short heel today, but I feel very fine

It bothers me a bit

Wear a sneaker when you can.

When they are infected with Parkinson’s disease

You can

she’s amazing.

But some people wander around the city all the time with their heels

I feel sorry for their direction

I feel sorry because they wear these heels all the time

Because no one is happy wearing it.

no one!

If they say the opposite, they are liars.

(Laughter)

I like to say this sentence to myself

Because I think I’m very, very lucky with the people around me

But I found the port of the storm before the wind came

I knew who these people were before I needed them

This means that when I searched for them, I found them directly.

I knew I was strong and supported.

Sometimes you think people will be with you

But you’re not so 100% sure you need them,

Maybe you did not help them in the past

Maybe they had a grudge.

The presence of supporters when you face a crisis

Or a good thing

very important.

It’s great to face it yourself,

But it is important to have people around you as well

Shout you.

Do not grow up

I do not mean death, for example or anything else,

We will not be so black

But what I mean, do not act like an adult.

Do and do whatever you want.

please yourself

By the way, I discovered that wearing a sneaker helps.

People do not laugh enough at dumb things

I used to laugh a lot when I mentioned Trump

Since I got this disappointment.

(Laughter)

I feel I’m the only one who does it

I hope others do it every time as well

Great, that woman agrees with me.

It’s like running on grass when it’s supposed to not

Or do stupid things,

Or wear a blouse like this when you are supposed to behave with maturity.

When you suddenly deal with something big,

You understand that you can not be ashamed of yourself again

But you have to know yourself and do what you want to do

It’s freeing yourself already!

But I think the children understood this very well

They put what they want to do in their minds

Then they enjoy doing it.

And all we grew up, this little ability shaken us

The stockings of this man fill me with joy

Because a man loves colors.

We should wear more colors, be happy, and have hearts like children.

Do not care about things

But do the little things you can do

I can say that I never appreciated the firm hands before, the strong handshake

The ability to speak clearly,

So these things became difficult for me.

So do not stop at the small daily problems

If you can,

But as much as the things granted to you.

I have been hugging someone now but I feel like I’m going to attack him

Because I hug him like I’m looking for a weapon or something like that

(Laughter)

It is nice to know that you may enter a meeting and feel confident

Show what you have and you are confident of yourself

But with something like Parkinson, you can not feel it

But now I appreciate the things I can do a lot

More than I could before.

The little things that have left me and which I can still do,

Ability to stand in front of people,

These things fill me with happiness and joy because I can still do it.

I will not care, I will do so as long as I have the ability!

Look for your reason,

Which makes you progress in this life

And prove it.

It is somewhat narcissistic, because it is a parkinson.

I mean this is trivial,

I should look for other reasons as well.

But the truth is that before I got sick I was not trying anything.

Now I am fighting for my life and my existence,

And what I want in my life.

I fight for others.

I kind of speak the language of these people

That made me understand

There are other reasons I can think of

And I can do more for these people.

Probably not as being narcissistic

But I did not have before

No passion or interest

I did not volunteer I did not do anything like this before

My illness made me aware

We have opportunities to help people.

We have tongues, hands, we can help people with these things.

Finally, what I want from this is:

To stand before you like anyone

You may feel tense and scared.

It may seem a bit hidden

If you are in London you see someone shaking

In an era and in time

Everyone can know what anyone else does

And continues to monitor them as well

But if you look into my eyes and hear me speak,

You will know who I am, and you will see me as a normal person

I have the opportunity to talk about my story.

People know me.

But many people do not have this opportunity

It is known that the body is just a pot of good things inside

Brain and heart where important things happen

It is a kind of magic.

It’s looking at people’s eyes and you’re talking to them,

It is that you are more forgiving with people

And knowing that we are all equal in the end.

But I left with this beautiful piece

I took her out of the parcel that was given to me at first.

It is not a different package

About that which I gave him to start with.

We were given the parkinson.

I did not change it or try to escape it. There is no way to change it at all

The composition of the chemical disease is still the same.

But the way I see the disease is quite different

The way I feel is quite different

The way I see the world is completely different

I would just like to appeal to you to look at my case,

To know what can be done to make yourselves happier

Because feeling happy is very amazing

It is certainly, in your hands

thank you

(clap)

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