Mack’s Attack on OT

       I recently watched a YouTube video called “Dad Living With Parkinson’s,” provided by Attitude. This video was a glimpse into Andy McDowell’s life as he lives with early onset Parkinson’s Disease. Throughout the video, it shows a glimpse from different peoples’ perspectives on his life, as well as his own.  There is a special part of this video when Andy discusses how he told his two daughters about his condition. After his two daughters were still struggling to understand, he wrote a poem called  “Smaller,” and later made an award winning video.         Throughout this video, I learned to better understand what a person with Parkinson’s is going through mentally before and after a diagnoses. As a person without Parkinson’s, you realize how frustrating it can be to not be able to fully control your body movements or how your brain processes things. I thought about how alone he must have felt when trying to make decisions about work and family. Also, I can empathize as to how much

     I chose to watch the TedX video, “ADHD in Girls and Women,” with Martha Barnard-Rae. This topic has become more important to me recently because I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at the beginning of the year. I wanted to expand my knowledge to better understand this diagnoses and how it effects women differently. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is not usually talked about in women, so I think this video allowed me to better understand myself and this diagnosis.       As a person with ADHD, each day is a different struggle that is mentally exhausting. Will I wake up and have a clear mind to remember where I put my name badge and keys? Will I be able to concentrate to complete my test? Will I be able to remember all my due dates? Will I be too overwhelmed and overstimulated to go to a lunch with friends? Every day is a fight with your own brain, and these are just a few questions that I ask myself daily. Barnard-Rae helped me realize that