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I became “functionally morbid,” consumed with death, disease, and darkness yet capable of passing as a quasi-normal schoolgirl.
Caitlin Doughty • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
I like to call this the Mohawk of self-awareness, the midline structures of the brain, starting out right above our eyes, running through the center of the brain all the way to the back. All these midline structures are involved in our sense of self.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
we began to understand that if it weren’t for rationalization, sublimation, denial—all the little tricks we let ourselves perform—if instead we simply saw the world as it was, with nothing to protect us, honestly and courageously, it would break our hearts. What we learned at university was that we are made up of defenses, of shields and armor, tha
... See moreOlga Tokarczuk • Flights: Nobel Prize and Booker Prize Winner
All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
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Contemporary medicine prides itself on patient-centered care, but it is startlingly inattentive—even actively indifferent—to patients’ emotional needs. For patients with chronic illness, with its upheaval of life, this indifference poses a particular challenge. In chronic illness, the patient does not have a problem that can be solved quickly but a
... See moreMeghan O'Rourke • The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
