Hello to my Flint friend!
Ellen, I don't if this will be at all helpful in explaining what happened
at that antique fair but I have a booklet from the NPF (National Parkinson
Foundation) entitled "Psychological Factors in the Management of
Parkinson's Disease" and in it it states:
Parkinsonism is a neurological disorder of a portion of the brain..
Other areas of the brain may also be affected in any one person.
From a psychological point of view, one of the concurrent symptoms
occasionally seen is that of over-emotional responses. In these
instances, strong emotions may be expressed even when theperson
may not actually feel that emotion. There are patients who will
produce tears and a crying expression on their face even when they
do not feel sad. This is sham reaction in which the outward manif-
estations of the emotion appear at some appropriate cue in the
conversation, but such reaction is really not expressive of true
inner feelings.
I have seen other postings about other PWPs that experienced a similar
thing as you did, Ellen, so I hope this will help explain it.
Sincerely,
JAN (Janice Long)
