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Help! PD has got food on my face !
As PD brothers and sisters, it seems there is no end to the variety or the seriousness of the symptoms we get to deal with. The one I want to bring up is perhaps on the less serious/non-life threatening end of the spectrum, but yet I can’t ignore it. No one will let me. I get this nearly every day: “Steve, you’ve got food on your face!”
I’m pretty certain that I didn’t have this problem before PD (well maybe when I was a toddler). What can explain this? Are my facial nerves less sensitive to feelings that would have previously forced me to use a napkin more? Am I missing some cognitive
process that reminds me to clean up?It’s really not something we can ignore; it goes along with our weak voices and our curious facial expressions, with what I would call the “first impression symptoms”. In other words, one of those things people notice about us upon first introduction, when they often decide “This is clearly not a person that I need to take seriously.”
What do you think, PD Nation? Any observations or suggestions?
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