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Brein in brand: Hoe mijn lichaam mijn hersenen aanviel by Susannah Cahalan, Willem van Paassen
reader4evr's review against another edition
4.0
This book hooked me right in the beginning and some points it dragged a little bit but then it would pick up again.
It is crazy how your body can totally take over your body and give you all of these crazy symptoms! I can't even imagine feeling like I was going crazy and no one knowing what was going on.
I already book talked this and a student checked it out.
It is crazy how your body can totally take over your body and give you all of these crazy symptoms! I can't even imagine feeling like I was going crazy and no one knowing what was going on.
I already book talked this and a student checked it out.
jniemeier's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting read into the treatment/diagnosis of her issue. Gotta say I am glad something like this has not happened to anyone I know!
readingonmountains's review against another edition
4.0
Wowza, this was a terrifying and incredibly interesting medical memoir. As someone who suffers with an autoimmune condition this hit close to home. It’s so scary how our bodies can go into fight or flight and attack our joints, organs and in this case, the author’s brain. Susannah was incredibly fortunate to have her parents advocating for her. It can take so long, so much testing for diagnosis and then trial and error with treatments. She also mentions that it cost about a million dollars to diagnose and treat Susannah, much of which was thankfully covered by her insurance as she worked for The Post. Which leads to so many questions about those who do not have insurance coverage.
melby's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Really interesting and informative
debbarney's review against another edition
5.0
Just wow. There really is nothing else to say. This may make some rethink the concept of demonic possession. It might not be what you think it is...unless you believe the demon is you.
sophee_568's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
mandyfish's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. Right from the beginning, it grabbed me and sucked me in to the true-life story. As Cahalan describes her quick and curious descent into madness, coupled with the bizarre physical symptoms, you are at once mesmerized by what is happening to her and eager to find out what is causing it. In that way, this memoir is a tight, fast-paced suspense drama. Yet it's also a fascinating meditation on the nature of mental illness, of identity, and of physical disease – and the merging of all three. I simply could not put it down and I am still haunted by her rapid descent into madness and the gripping way she described it.