Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Right Brain, Left Brain
When you have 18minutes, this is worth seeing. A friend sent this clip of a talk given by a brain scientist that suffered a stroke. She very touchingly recounts every detail of feeling her mind slip away and what she has discovered about life since this profound experience. It especially caught my attention that she began a career in brain research because her brother is schizophrenic and she wanted to better understand his world. My brother is also schizophrenic and I have never understood his world.
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WOW !
How old was your brother when the schizophrenia set in ?
Is he functioning ok ?
K,
He was in his early twenties, was in and out of mental health facilities through his twenties and early thirties. He will be 45 this year and doesn't function like you and I... ie lives with my parents, couldn't hold down a job, but does odd and end stuff for $$. Some day I'll blog the whole long dramatic story.
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