smajor711's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

lannie8's review against another edition

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3.0

Too mush story and not enough scientific evidence and support.

disastrouspenguin's review against another edition

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Too much pseudoscience, not enough evidence. 

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3.0

حقيقة أن الدماغ لديه القدرة على إيقاف الألم فجأة تتعارض مع تجربتنا "المنطقية" أن الألم يأتي من الجسم.
كانت النظرة العلمية التقليدية للألم ، كما صاغها الفيلسوف الفرنسي «رينيه ديكارت» قبل أربعمائة عام ، أنه عندما نتألم ، ترسل أعصابنا إشارة باتجاه واحد إلى الدماغ ، وتتناسب شدة الألم مع خطورة إصابتنا. بعبارة أخرى ، يقدم الألم تقريرًا دقيقًا عن الضرر حول مدى إصابة الجسم ، وأن دور الدماغ هو قبول هذا التقرير.
لكن هذا الرأي انقلب في عام 1965 ، عندما نشر علماء الأعصاب «رونالد ميلزاك» (وهو كندي درس الأطراف الوهمية والألم) و«باتريك وول» (رجل إنجليزي درس الألم واللدونة) أهم مقال في تاريخ الألم ، "آليات الألم: نظرية جديدة ". جادل وول وميلزاك بأن نظام إدراك الألم منتشر في جميع أنحاء الدماغ والحبل الشوكي ، وأن الدماغ ، بعيدًا عن كونه متلقيًا سلبيًا ، يتحكم في مقدار الألم الذي نشعر به. اقترحت "نظرية التحكم في البوابة" الخاصة بهم أنه عندما يتم إرسال رسائل الألم من الأنسجة التالفة عبر الجهاز العصبي ، يجب أن تمر عبر عدة ضوابط ، أو "بوابات" ، بدءًا من الحبل الشوكي ، قبل أن تصل إلى الدماغ. لا تصعد هذه الرسائل إلى الدماغ إلا إذا أعطاهم الدماغ "إذنًا" للقيام بذلك ، بعد تحديد ما إذا كانت مهمة بما يكفي للسماح لها بالمرور. (عندما أصيب الرئيس ريغان برصاصة في صدره عام 1981 ، وقف في البداية هناك ، ولم يكن هو ولا رجاله في الخدمة السرية يعلمون أنه أصيب برصاصة. كما قال مازحا فيما بعد (لم يتم إطلاق النار علي من قبل) إذا تم" منح الإذن "للإشارة إلى الدماغ ، فسوف تفتح البوابة وتزيد من الشعور بالألم من خلال السماح لبعض الخلايا العصبية بتشغيل إشاراتها ونقلها.
ولكن يمكن للدماغ أيضًا أن يغلق البوابة ويمنع إشارة الألم عن طريق إطلاق الإندورفين ، المخدرات التي تصنعها أجسامنا لتخفيف الألم.
ولكن معرفة وجود مثل هذه المفاتيح شيء ؛ و معرفة كيفية إيقافها عندما تكون مستلقيًا في العذاب أمر آخر.
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Norman Doidge
The Brain's Way Of Healing
Translated By #Maher_Razouk

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4.0

I found many if not all of the case studies fascinating. The afflictions both common and unusual were highly interesting in symptoms and how the people manage each of their individual diseases. Frequently the book sounded like an infomercial which was, obviously, a turn off but Doidge is excited about many of the new ideas in the medical world about using the brain as a tool for healing rather than just something to heal.

I am a very skeptical person both with the established medical system and anything that sounds homeopathic. While reading the book my skepticism light turned on and I didn't buy in completely, but after finishing and doing some research on many of the new ideas, I am more believing. My main takeaway from the book is that the entire medical infrastructure is built on the past, it is difficult to get your average general practicioner to even consider new methods, ideas. There are always exceptions but if the medical profession isn't solving your problem, be persistant, keep looking and do it yourself. That is what most, if not all of these case studies did. They found someone who could help or they figured out how to help themselves.

Our brains are truly wonderful things, use them well and don't underestimate the power they have to fix whatever problem you have.

mathesonba's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

farmer_annie's review against another edition

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3.0

Generally interesting and engaging, and a lot of the ideas made sense to me after working in an environment where I've met many people with brain injuries, chronic pain, or neurological problems.

Loses stars for heavy reliance on anecdotes, lack of critical argument or information about scientific rigour and evidence.... And then the anti vaccine sentiments! Not a book to be absorbed unquestioningly, that's for sure.

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too much medical model of disabliaty.

haroshinka's review against another edition

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I'm currently ill, so I'm looking for books that will talk about how the mind and the body interact bilaterally. If I can remind myself of how I can use my mind in this situation, it will give me a sense of agency.

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3.0

There is a lot to like about Dr. Norman Doidge's second volume on neuroplasticity. For one thing, he tells entertaining stories about physicians, their patients, and the progression of medicine. Who could fail to appreciate the adventures of a holocaust survivor who becomes infatuated with judo, uses touch to heal the sick, becomes a physicist, and head of Israel's top spying agency? On a deeper level, who cannot fail to appreciate that light, touch, smell, and hearing hold the keys to some of the most debilitating maladies we know? The book does meander somewhat, sometimes losing focus on who the reader is likely to be: like me a complete laymen, or sometimes someone with a little more professional knowledge, like other physicians. There are more footnotes than I cared to read. Another thing I really liked about the book was its shifting focus between the maladies of the elderly, of mature accident victims, and those of children. What that tells me is that the researchers and physicians Doidge profiles are not probing another specialty. They are pushing science forward toward universal ends: a better understanding of man and his environment. A better grasp of where human intelligence comes from and where it is going. I like happy endings. And while this book does sound a little like "Lives of the Saints," i think we can all do with a few more happy endings. What I must ask Dr. Doidge some day is whether his books are a hobby for him, or whether they represent the evolution of his own thought and practice of medicine. After all, he is a psychiatrist. This stuff is pretty far from Sigmund Freud.