Here's a wonderful video "Memory - Mapping Memory 3D Interactive - National Geographic Magazine" about how the brain maps our memories.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/11/memory/brain-interactive
Try your hand at their memory game.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/games/memory-game
Friday, October 23, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
TBI and sleeplessness
One of the symptoms of a Traumatic Brain Injury is sleeplessness. A study on sleeping aids is the topic of the New York Times article, Sleep Drugs Found Only Mildly Effective, but Wildly Popular, by Stephanie Saul, shows how these drugs are barely better than placebos.
If you have trouble sleeping after a TBI, these articles may offer some help and hope.
If the Milk Smells - Don't Drink It
If the Milk Smells – Don’t Drink It
You would think anyone with half a brain could figure that out only many people lack enough self confidence, deep in their being, to follow what they know to be true. Here are some words of wisdom from some famous people. Enjoy!
"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.”
C. E. Stowe
"A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning”
Proverb
“In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion”
James Reston
“Seek advice but use your own common sense”
Yiddish Proverb
"Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.”
Thomas Henry Huxley
“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
You would think anyone with half a brain could figure that out only many people lack enough self confidence, deep in their being, to follow what they know to be true. Here are some words of wisdom from some famous people. Enjoy!
"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.”
C. E. Stowe
"A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning”
Proverb
“In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion”
James Reston
“Seek advice but use your own common sense”
Yiddish Proverb
"Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.”
Thomas Henry Huxley
“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Friday, October 2, 2009
One, Two, Three, Four Stricks and You're Out
I had four doctors trying to fix my problem, which ended up being a case of, “Too many blind cooks in the kitchen.”
The first three doctors read from the same script or recipe, “I can’t find anything physically wrong with you. It must be a psychologically induced problem. You will need to get over it and move on with your life.”
One doctor implied he knew the missing ingredient was physical in origin – a brain injury. Only this information came three years too late, the damage had become permanent. The uphill battle for recovery was no less heroic in nature than climbing Mount Everest. Climbing a mountain or walking the path of recovery, both are a choice that will require everything you can give it.
It was a relief to find out that my chronic symptoms were not a figment of my imagination, but were a by-product of a real injury. This was my first step on my path to finding what would be my new “normal.” Because of the delay in addressing these problems, they became permanent, chronic and impossible to reverse. Today, more than thirty years later, they still are a constant reminder preventing me from not thinking about them – my new normal.
The first three doctors read from the same script or recipe, “I can’t find anything physically wrong with you. It must be a psychologically induced problem. You will need to get over it and move on with your life.”
One doctor implied he knew the missing ingredient was physical in origin – a brain injury. Only this information came three years too late, the damage had become permanent. The uphill battle for recovery was no less heroic in nature than climbing Mount Everest. Climbing a mountain or walking the path of recovery, both are a choice that will require everything you can give it.
It was a relief to find out that my chronic symptoms were not a figment of my imagination, but were a by-product of a real injury. This was my first step on my path to finding what would be my new “normal.” Because of the delay in addressing these problems, they became permanent, chronic and impossible to reverse. Today, more than thirty years later, they still are a constant reminder preventing me from not thinking about them – my new normal.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Interconnected Joy
Reality for the human being is made up of endless strands of thoughts, emotions, and general feelings, bound together, strengthening the individual.
These interconnected strands are dependent on each other and cannot be separated. Keeping them balanced is an art, albeit subconscious. Those who can accomplish this subtle act are fortunate and are the healthy, normal, individuals.
Being unable to do so is a serious problem and often leads to depression, which more realistically described is the lack of feelings of joy rather than just being sad.
These interconnected strands are dependent on each other and cannot be separated. Keeping them balanced is an art, albeit subconscious. Those who can accomplish this subtle act are fortunate and are the healthy, normal, individuals.
Being unable to do so is a serious problem and often leads to depression, which more realistically described is the lack of feelings of joy rather than just being sad.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Adrenal Glands and Stress
There are four major categories of stress:
1. Physical stress—such as overwork, lack of sleep, athletic over-training, etc.
2. Chemical stress—from environmental pollutants, diets high in refined carbohydrates, allergies to foods and additives, endocrine gland imbalances (due to the interaction of all of the endocrine glands).
3. Thermal stress—over-heating or over-chilling of the body
4. Emotional and mental stress - relationships issues, trauma, abuse and over stimulated.
1. Physical stress—such as overwork, lack of sleep, athletic over-training, etc.
2. Chemical stress—from environmental pollutants, diets high in refined carbohydrates, allergies to foods and additives, endocrine gland imbalances (due to the interaction of all of the endocrine glands).
3. Thermal stress—over-heating or over-chilling of the body
4. Emotional and mental stress - relationships issues, trauma, abuse and over stimulated.
To read a great aticle on how stress effects the adrenal glands click on the link. http://tuberose.com/Adrenal_Glands.html
Friday, July 31, 2009
Differentiating between intent and human error
As a 92 year old, I seem to have been unable to keep up with the numerous
changes, person views, differentiating between intent and human error in the professions - medical, legal, research areas.
When a question is asked, it is usually not answered by the individual to whom it is addressed but in some abstract manner by someone who appears to quoting the person responsible for the answer.
In the previous fifty or sixty years ago, this was not so because we were just beginning to be able to use the internet and the answer had to come from the person being questioned.
What a change this has made. We are now unable to know how true the
response is because no responsible person is answering the question.
In questions about weather, travel, and other general questions, this is
not a problem. But when the response effects your future, your life, your health, it is of major importance. Unless you are a 'VERIFIER' of important details to be sure they will be correct. being certain it is correct is essen
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