My Dad Thinks He’s So Smart. He’s Always Telling Me What to Do?
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at
12:37 am
Stuck asked:
but if he was so smart, why did he get parkinsons disease?
but if he was so smart, why did he get parkinsons disease?
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Filed under: Parkinsons
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That’s a bloody low blow. It’s not his fault he got sick.
come on….surely even you can see what a stupid question this is?? getting a disease has nothing to do with one’s level of intelligence!
wow. ok kid, before you go trying to ask rhetorical questions or making a point cos you think you’re so worldly wise, do some research. Parkinsons is a motor disease caused by abnormal levels of neurotransmitters in the brain, his intelligence has nothing to do with this disease, and neither does it have anything to do with his right to tellyou, his child, what to do.
Show some respect, both because he’s your dad and therefore you should give him some credit for trying to raise you and also because he’s suffering from a debillitating illness and could probably do with less of you being a willfully ignorant think-you-know-it-all smart ****..
that is a truly horrible nasty thing to say and you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself
Start is so right…. you are just mad…. ha ha
I’m not sure what your dad does for a living, but there were some studies several years ago which demonstrated that it was people in professions where they used their minds rather than brawn or muscle were more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. Possibly this was due to a more sedentary life style but I’m not sure that any conclusions were drawn; nor am I sure that these studies were valid. But there it is.
Parents have a tendency to want their children to learn from both the smart things and the mistakes that the parents made in their own life. So parents often make the error of being overbearing in trying to impart these life lessons to their kids. Needless to say that some parents are more successful in teaching these lessons or in the ways in which they do this teaching. And some parents don’t seem to care and don’t do much of anything. Some parents, like you dad may need to find a middle ground.
Genetics may play a role in your father’s PD accompanied by an environmental trigger over which you dad may have had little or no control. Since at least 15-20% of Parkinson’s is thought to be genetic, it is possible. This means that although PD often skips generations, that you too could carry those mutated genes.
While the balance of PD cases are still considered to be idiopathic in origin, the same types of environmental triggers and toxins to which your father had exposure could be present in your life also.
So the question is, are you smart enough to learn about the disease and to learn some of the things that can not only help him while he is still able to continue to earn a living to support you and to learn some of the things that you can do to delay a potential onset just in case?
It is only in the last few years that significant information about diseases and conditions has been readily available. But one thing that is apparent in the information is that it may not matter what you do, if the potential is there in your body, you will probably develop the condition.
One word of advice, you seem to have a lot of unnecessary anger which suggests stress, learn to deal with the stress in healthy ways, stress and depression are precursor indicators. So make your peace with your dad and rather than asking counter-productive and somewhat childish and misdirected questions, join the family to see what you can do to help.
Oh yes, if you feel that your father is being bossy, fails to listen to you, gives orders rather than have a discussion, talk to him about better ways for the two of you to communicate. I suggest that you be respectful when you talk to him.
Of course, you could have asked this question because you are afraid for him and the future of the family. I’m sorry about the situation – I should have picked that up immediately.