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News admin September 30, 2026

“I’ll Do It in a Minute” — When Parkinson’s Looks Like Procrastination

The letter has been sitting on the table for three days.

You know it needs answering.

You haven’t forgotten about it.

In fact, you’ve thought about it at least fifteen times.

Each time, the same thought:

“I’ll do it in a minute.”

Then something happens.

Perhaps you become tired.

Perhaps another task takes longer than expected.

Perhaps you can’t quite decide what to write.

Perhaps the right moment simply never seems to arrive.

Tomorrow comes.

The letter is still there.

From the outside, this can look very familiar.

Procrastination.

We all do it.

But for somebody living with Parkinson’s, there can sometimes be much more happening behind that apparently simple delay.

News admin September 11, 2026

You’re halfway through making a cup of tea when somebody asks you a question.

You answer them.

Then you look back at the kitchen worktop.

And for a moment you think:

“What was I doing?”

Or perhaps you’re telling somebody a story.

They interrupt with a quick comment.

You respond.

Then comes the dreaded:

“I’ve completely forgotten what I was going to say.”

Everybody experiences this occasionally.

But for some people living with Parkinson’s, interruptions can be particularly disruptive.

It isn’t necessarily that the person has forgotten how to make tea, finish getting dressed or complete whatever task they were doing.

The difficulty can be getting back to the point where they were interrupted.