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Dick Swindler wrote: > > Dick has asked me to toss this question out to the list members: Has anyone > had trouble with what he describes as "mental freezing"? Based on his > description of this mental freezing, I'd say it's exactly the same as when > someone says, "My mind's a blank." > > Dick is experiencing more actual physical freezing, more bradykinesia, and > more brady- > phrenia (slow thinking), and associates the "mental freezing" with these > symptoms. It tends to occur when he's under stress. For example, today he > was asked to speak at another support group about his surgery. He had > difficulty forming his thoughts, and also had difficulty hanging onto the > thread of the conversation. Then at least a couple of times he experienced > the mental freezing. > > Another example of when this has occurred was on the phone with a > particularly pushy salesperson who wouldn't take no for an answer. He found > the call so stressful that he suddenly froze and couldn't say a thing. The > woman finally conculded he had hung up on her - as it turned out, a pretty > effective way to get rid of her! > > Can anyone tell us whether this could be a normal reaction to stress, i.e., > unrelated to PD, or whether this is indeed related to bradyphrenia or some > other facet of PD? > These same reactions I observed with my uncle (PWPD) when annoyed or stressed beyond his reduced limits of tolerance under these circunstances. Best wishes, -- +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+