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A woman's experience of having a stroke.
Our right hemisphere, it thinks in pictures and it learns kinesthetically through the movement of our bodies. Information … explodes into this enormous collage of what this present moment looks like, smells like and tastes like, what it feels like and what it sounds like.” (Jill Bolte Taylor)
Very interesting description of a scientist's experience of having a stroke.
http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_b
Very interesting description of a scientist's experience of having a stroke.
http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_b
What is hard about my aunt is that she is of sound mind trapped in a body that doesn't work anymore. That's the stuff of nightmares. She was fiercely independent and she has taken me aside and told me what it is like to lose that. She HATES it. As I too am a "I don't need nobody" kind of person because I 'do it all for myself' ----- I so relate to how she must feel.
Brains can heal though with time and intervention as the women proves here. Sadly though, not all get to experience that. Wish my aunt would.
Brains can heal though with time and intervention as the women proves here. Sadly though, not all get to experience that. Wish my aunt would.
When our bodies begin to fail, it doesn't matter what resources are available, whether it be money in the bank, cadillac insurance policies, Medicare....... when our time comes, it comes.
There comes a time that neither money, nor insurance can change things......
While my Auntie was not rich by any stretch of the imagination and her insurance was government issued (she retired from civil service), they couldn't save her and there came a time, when I knew it was in her best interest ...........
There comes a time that neither money, nor insurance can change things......
While my Auntie was not rich by any stretch of the imagination and her insurance was government issued (she retired from civil service), they couldn't save her and there came a time, when I knew it was in her best interest ...........
A dear family friend had a stroke about 2 years ago. Changed everything in an instant. He's been on a steady decline since. He's got all of the money in the world, insurance, etc and it isn't doing a thing for him. Tragic.
I agree with Barb - that video was very powerful.
Thanks for posting it rivll.
Mike
Thanks for posting it rivll.
Mike
I have watched it and actually this is the same woman i spoke of earlier that I saw interviewed on her experience. Yes, very interesting.
My poor aunt gave me such a perspective on it that it is hard to get out of my mind.
So many different experiences I'm sure based on exactly where the stroke happens in the brain. Hoping to never face it but always inspirational to hear success stories. And very interesting to hear the story from the perspective of a scientist/doctor that's specialty was the brain before the stroke. Anyway, glad you posted it.
My poor aunt gave me such a perspective on it that it is hard to get out of my mind.
So many different experiences I'm sure based on exactly where the stroke happens in the brain. Hoping to never face it but always inspirational to hear success stories. And very interesting to hear the story from the perspective of a scientist/doctor that's specialty was the brain before the stroke. Anyway, glad you posted it.
You need to watch the video to really get it.
From the outside we have no idea of what it is like to be experiencing a stroke.
I am sure it is not pleasant and the damage can be severe. For some it is also possible to recover, though it is a long difficult process.
The discussion cannot really go far unless you listen to her experience.
I suppose like in all things, the experience is peculiar to the individual. Her experience is very interesting...not saying it will be the same for me or for you. :)
From the outside we have no idea of what it is like to be experiencing a stroke.
I am sure it is not pleasant and the damage can be severe. For some it is also possible to recover, though it is a long difficult process.
The discussion cannot really go far unless you listen to her experience.
I suppose like in all things, the experience is peculiar to the individual. Her experience is very interesting...not saying it will be the same for me or for you. :)
My aunt's description of her stroke wasn't very scientific or thoughtful or anything like being stoned. One minute she was walking up stairs and the next she couldn't move. And she went from being on a tennis team at her club to not being able to walk without a walker in an instant. She was a fabulous cook and hasn't been to the grocery store or cooked a meal in a year's plus time.
I gather from her that a stroke feels like a slow death as you lose your ability to do the things you love.
I gather from her that a stroke feels like a slow death as you lose your ability to do the things you love.
You're right, I've never been stoned...... LOL
Just seems that when the left brain activity was "dominant" she would have called for help, even though she might not have been "worried"....... thing is, she didn't die and there didn't ever seem to be a thought of dying.
Of course, I'd hope dying would be that easy, as well, but from my experience, it usually isn't. Everyone I've known who has died, was ill and knew, at some point, that death was imminent.
Of course, we all know death is imminent; we just don't know when our time will be up.
Just seems that when the left brain activity was "dominant" she would have called for help, even though she might not have been "worried"....... thing is, she didn't die and there didn't ever seem to be a thought of dying.
Of course, I'd hope dying would be that easy, as well, but from my experience, it usually isn't. Everyone I've known who has died, was ill and knew, at some point, that death was imminent.
Of course, we all know death is imminent; we just don't know when our time will be up.
You clearly have never been stoned. LOL
You can have this experience where you are aware but you are so stuck in "lala land" that you don't move to deal with what you know in the back of your mind is an urgent situation. (One of the reasons I never smoked it during my child bearing and raising years)
You know how she describes the left brain activity that is the part of her thinking that would move her into action, but with the stroke she was mired in the land of Oz in the right brain and was "like wow, geez, llok at that, hmmm this is my brain falling apart..." The she would recover enough to realize she needed help, but never got worried about it really.
I hope dying is like that.
Anyway, that's my take on it.
You can have this experience where you are aware but you are so stuck in "lala land" that you don't move to deal with what you know in the back of your mind is an urgent situation. (One of the reasons I never smoked it during my child bearing and raising years)
You know how she describes the left brain activity that is the part of her thinking that would move her into action, but with the stroke she was mired in the land of Oz in the right brain and was "like wow, geez, llok at that, hmmm this is my brain falling apart..." The she would recover enough to realize she needed help, but never got worried about it really.
I hope dying is like that.
Anyway, that's my take on it.
Look at it that way, I've had dozens of them...... :-)
I did like the description of how the left and right hemispheres work. We don't think about where our thoughts come from; they just "appear".
I thought the whole thing was pretty cool, but I did wonder how this brain specialist would not recognize what was happening to her and call for help right away. That's been in the back (no really, it's right up front and center) of my mind since I watched the video. Then there's the fact that she went through the laborious process of calling her work, when she should been calling 911...... I have a little (no, a lot of) trouble reconciling those 2 items.
Maybe it was her dramatization? IDK.
I did like the description of how the left and right hemispheres work. We don't think about where our thoughts come from; they just "appear".
I thought the whole thing was pretty cool, but I did wonder how this brain specialist would not recognize what was happening to her and call for help right away. That's been in the back (no really, it's right up front and center) of my mind since I watched the video. Then there's the fact that she went through the laborious process of calling her work, when she should been calling 911...... I have a little (no, a lot of) trouble reconciling those 2 items.
Maybe it was her dramatization? IDK.
Sometimes my life feels like one long stroke.
:)
:)
That was pretty powerful.
Can't imagine anyone going through all those motions while in the process of having a stroke. Only someone who studies the brain, would be able to describe it like that.
Even though they always said she didn't, I believe my Auntie had a series of small strokes, which ultimately caused her dementia.
Can't imagine anyone going through all those motions while in the process of having a stroke. Only someone who studies the brain, would be able to describe it like that.
Even though they always said she didn't, I believe my Auntie had a series of small strokes, which ultimately caused her dementia.
I'll check it out. I believe I watched an interview with her a while ago. Really fascinating.
My aunt has had a stroke and her life is forever changed. Very sad.
I read just this week about stroke patients and depression. Many wish for death due to the changes they go through and helplessness they all of a sudden feel. Treating the emotional needs of a stroke victim is really important.
My aunt has had a stroke and her life is forever changed. Very sad.
I read just this week about stroke patients and depression. Many wish for death due to the changes they go through and helplessness they all of a sudden feel. Treating the emotional needs of a stroke victim is really important.
http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html?quote=269
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