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How it feels to have a stroke

http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt...  
 
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iunno (3 hours ago) Show Hide
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This woman is smart. The way she reacted and thought AS she was having the stroke is just amazing. Incredible presentation.
doyley30 (1 day ago) Show Hide
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Interesting, a lot of what she has to say about universal rather than individual identity is very similar to Buddhist Dharma.
malicea4thought (1 day ago) Show Hide
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Inspiring!
kickbuttbrianna02 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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Probably somebody died and donated their body to science.
kickbuttbrianna02 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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My dad died of a stroke. That sounds just horrible... I feel so bad now..
SCOWNS (2 days ago) Show Hide
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i lold.
kickbuttbrianna02 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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I'm glad you think it's funny that my dad had a stroke and died?
kokopelli314 (1 day ago) Show Hide
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I'm sorry to read about your dad. I know the pain of seeing a parent die. I think Jill was trying to say that even from the depths of suffering, meaning and truth and perhaps even liberation can be found. I was afforded the luxury of being with my mother over her months long battle with terminal lung cancer. For some, death comes too quickly for those who love them. Understanding can be left hanging. Have faith. Just as a mirror shows us things we can't otherwise see, all deaths hold meaning.
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Thank you. I'm sorry to hear about your mom. It came as a shock to my family and I because it was so sudden, but I do realize that death is just a part of life.
SCOWNS (1 day ago) Show Hide
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no that's not what it was. What kind of person do you take me for? If a person at all..

i lold at you feeling bad from a video. You had no idea that people suffer in a heart attack? I guess you didn't know the full on details.

My dad died, I was cool about it, then I saw this video and now I feel bad.

so I lol.

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