Bad Kitty Attacks Self

It isn’t a surprise that often things don’t go as well as you plan when you have PD. How do you deal with yourself and your world when Bad Kitty attacks and makes things worse?

You pace yourself. You give yourself time to do things. Oh yes this applies to me to,and let me tell you that my current hiatus has come just in time to help me deal with my current health that is not being the most cooperative. 

This happens to everyone, regardless if you deal with PD, a chronic condition, or you’re just another average Joe on the street. We run down and need time to recharge. It’s important to recharge from a disease once in a while. Therefore making time for breaks in life is doubly important if you have Parkinson’s disease. Holidays and family gatherings can be draining but with a little extra planning you can turn them into an oasis for recharging, for rest, for taking stock.

The Secret of the Hiatus 

Bad Kitty should by now know better than to make things worse for me. The more difficult it is to deal with my Parkinson’s, the less likely I was be well enough to write about Bad Kitty. So one might say that Bad Kitty tends to attack itself without realizing it and so I have to make plans to deal with this situation when it occurs. 

We can become our own worst Bad Kitty if we with PD are not careful to give ourselves time to accomplish things. Remember we are not as fast as we once were, we don’t have as much energy as we used to, and the ability to do what was once did with litte effort is often far more challenging than we ever thought it could be. 

Writers like me who are no longer part of the general workforce, who are in their homes practically everyday of the week and don’t have to go into an office environment like everyone else—well, yeah, we’re lucky, but often we get mistaken for living on a constant vacation of sorts. 

So when we need a break or go on vacation or holiday we don’t use words that most people do to describe our getting away. We go on hiatus—we break from the routine. Using this term, along with the fact that it is the most accurate in the English language to describe what I am doing, allows those who do not view what I do as work to not feel insulted as they might when I announce I need some time off. 

“Time off?” some might say. “What do you need time of from? You’re home everyday!” 

Thus I go on “hiatus,” even if I don’t actually go anywhere.

Hiatus From PD

When you have a chronic condition, an illness that is always with you day and night, regardless if you work or not, you still need a hiatus from that chronic disease. Yes, if you has the Parkinson’s then you need to take a “hiatus” from it every now and then. 

Now while we cannot expect to get a literal temporary cure or find a way to formally cease the symptoms we must endure, we can take it a little more easier on ourselves during these planned hiatus times. We can change our schedule around or refresh ourselves by making some drastic change to the ordinary for a little while. 

Whatever you do, make your hiatus a way to recharge yourself for those regular days up ahead. A break from the norm, even a little one, can do a lot to bring a bit of relief to what can often be a fitful existence with Parkinson’s. 

Don’t let Bad Kitty have all the fun either. Go out and make some for youself.