Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Symptoms: Let's talk about it.

   I have long been a fan of Lael Stone. In her own words she is "an Australian Speaker, Educator and Author who’s passion is supporting parents to understand their children, helping adults process their own childhood trauma and creating education systems that value emotional awareness. Everything is based on one fundamental principle – connection and compassion. The purpose of her work is to help all humans understand themselves better and be inspired to live the life they desire ."  https://laelstone.com.au/ While much of her work has been with families and children and supporting parents to raise emotionally intelligent children so that they can become emotionally intelligent adults, her work is larger than this. You might think what has this got to do with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy?  I am writing this today because I have just listened to a podcast that Lael did with "The Imperfects" titled Lael Stone-Take Care of Yourself (3 Feb 2023, S4, E48)...

It's all very well to talk about the power of vulnerability and the personal growth that can come out of that. You can have all the counselling that you need and want, and prepare yourself for your life and what may lie ahead of you. You can talk about being in The Arena  (see post on 15/4/25)  but sometimes and some days you can just feel sad. Today is such a day. My husband is more confused than is typical for him, he is aware of how confused he feels and he doesn't quite know what to do with himself. The combination of his own insight and observing him and helping him with his difficulty doing some of the simplest tasks with his phone is hard. It is just plain sad and there is no denying it. There is no point denying it. I am still in the arena but feeling a bit deflated and on my haunches, not quite ready to stand up again.  In the words of Ben Crowe and others, you can't control what happens to you but you can control your response to it. My response today is to...