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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge

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anjh's review

dark emotional informative lighthearted slow-paced

3.5

at first i was slightly nervous about starting this as its quite thick and non fiction which for me are two things that don’t go well together. it turns out tho that like 20% of the book is the index and references lmao

anyway, this was actually really interesting. it’s very obvious that the entire theme of the book is around neural plasticity and how this brain process has occurred in various instances of patients. 

i learned a lot of new things from this while also reading about things that i already knew and arguably information that is out of date though to be fair this was published in 2007 so idk how much i can really complain. 

def recommend for anyone interested in psychology and plasticity in particular

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Self harm, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment