Ageing with Cerebral Palsy doesn't please me. I have a pit in the stomach feeling every time I think about it.

On the whole it's okay

On the whole I feel I do okay, but it’s stumbling across everything for the first time and having to deal with those issues that I find irritating. It's not just that what I deal with is for life, but as I age I have been told as my brain slows down, so will my cerebral palsy.

Cerebral Palsy: My physical and mental health

On our part, we must accept that our brain doesn’t work properly and that is beginning to have a knock on effect on my physical and mental health too. When someone with cerebral palsy is totally cross-wired, nothing works.

A wired incorrectly plug

A plug that is wired incorrectly can never work. Today I couldn’t physically motivate myself and although it’s not a regular occurrence, it is getting harder to be able to do things on a morning.

Brain fatigue and multi-tasking issues

I used to get myself up and out for 8 am on a morning, now I am lucky to be up and out by 10:30 am. It's a combination of brain fatigue and multitasking that I struggle with. When I have too much to think about, my brain switches off. I hate the feeling it brings when I have no motivation to help me get through the day.