Her Stroke Of Stroke Book Report

904 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Literary analysis essay

Her Stroke of Insight
Prepared for: Mrs. Alhanouf Almoammer
Prepared by: Mashael Almujil - 432201171
May 7, 2014

Book summary
An Overall View
Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist who has recovered a stroke, writes about her enlightening inner-peaceful experience where she aims to share the unusual story of her cerebral hemorrhage. She describes her life, before, while and after having the stroke which results in this magnificent journey for those who have always wanted to understand. Jill Taylor did not stop here, yet she emphasized as a brain scientific expert and a stroke patient on how she wanted to be handled and treated. She gave advices for those who are struggling with any form of brain damage, whether reaching the person who is struggling himself, or a loved one. This book gives the basic understanding on how it feels like to be a brain-damaged person, a one who should be full of hope and motive to re-attach him/her-self to this universe.
““My Stroke of Insight” defines what this stroke has taught me about my brain. At this point, you will realize that this book is not really about stroke. More accurately, the stroke was the traumatic event through which the insight came. This book is about the beauty and resiliency of our human brain because of its innate ability to constantly adapt to change and recover function.”~ Jill Taylor.
Pre-Stroke Life
Taylor was passionate about the brain. Her brother who is very close from her was diagnosed with schizophrenia where this was the start where she fell in love with the brain. By the time she got older, her passion got older too. She began to study and specialize in this area, studying both physiological psychology and human biology. This passion and fascination have led her to...

... middle of paper ...

...way.”. Taylor was yet rescued, and got transferred to McClean hospital.
“In the absence of sight, sound, touch, smell, taste, and fear, I felt my spirit surrender its attachment to this body and I was released from the pain.”
What Happened After
Taylor the survivor was surprised she was still alive. Dealing with a room filled with medical staff who kept examining and interrupting her peace, she decided to run from reality and exhaustion to sleep. By the time she got up, she had already realized that her knowledge is gone and with the information left, she felt like an infant with a woman’s body. Regardless of this painful experience, Taylor realized that she's free from the left-hemispheric Jill and that she’s no longer trapped in that identity. she flew to meet the right-hemispheric Jill who lived in the moment, radiated light and lived at one with the universe.

Show More
Related

  • Taylor's Journey of Personal Growth in The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingslover

    942 Words  | 2 Pages

    In the beginning of the story we see that Taylor is an average teenage girl living with a single mother. She says, “But I stayed in school. I was not the smartest or even particularly outstanding but I was there and staying out of trouble” (3). She was called “Missy” for a lot of her childhood but when she was three she said, “I stamped my foot and told my mother not to call me Marietta but Miss Marietta” (2). From Taylor’s childhood I find that she had a sense of personal pride and could defend herself. These really are great attributes and we really see these attributes grow more and mature throughout the story.

    Read More

  • Left Neglected: The Power of the Mind

    867 Words  | 2 Pages

    In conclusion, “Left Neglected” truly helps one understand the importance of the brain and the massive effects that injuring it can have. An injury itself is life threatening, a recovery may not even occur. Huge life adjustments may need to be made. The brain is the life force for any living animal, and it is important to realize that further understanding the areas of the brain and how they are interconnected in forming the reality in which every human being can see can only help solve problems for people like Sarah Nickerson. For the time being, the first step we can take is prevention and maybe driving a little slower to work when we are on the freeway.

    Read More

  • Carole's Journey Through the Health Care System after a Cerebrovascular Accident

    828 Words  | 2 Pages

    Carole Lauren is a 44 year old mother of two, a wife, and a school teacher by profession. Her story began 21 months ago when she had a cerebrovascular accident that left her hemiplegic. Almost two years passed since the event. Carole regained most of the lost function in her left leg, ankle, and foot. However, she still has limited function in her left arm and hand. She also has difficulty organizing her thoughts and read her message from a paper. Her story is about a journey through the health care system.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of The Ted Talk

    760 Words  | 2 Pages

    In the Ted Talk, “My stroke of insight”, the speaker Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist had undergone a stroke affecting her left hemisphere. During this process she was able to experience her brain deteriorating slowly and she was able to study it. She explains how she wanted to become a brain researcher because of her brother’s brain condition, schizophrenia. During the TedTalk she also explained her whole experience, including what it felt like, her emotions, and the world around her while having a stroke as well as the difficulties that she had encountered. Jill explains this experience as a tremendous gift.

    Read More

  • Dr. Moody's Life After Life

    857 Words  | 2 Pages

    It had been reported that, “Numerous people have told of hearing their doctors or other spectators in effect pronounce them dead” (Moody Jr, MD, 2015, p. 17). This is an out of body experience. Each reported feelings of peace and quiet, which transitioned into a bad buzzing noise. After proceeding through a tunnel, they have an “encounter with a very bright light” (Moody Jr, MD, 2015, p. 51). Questions resound around a reflection of their life, what they had learned during it, and if it was worth it. Invariably, each of the subjects’ encounter a border at which they are told they need to go back. “Considering the skepticism and lack of understanding that greet the attempt of a person to discuss his near-death experience, it is not surprising that almost everyone in this situation comes to feel that he is unique, that no one else has ever undergone what he has” (Moody Jr, MD, 2015, p. 83). Naturally, the outcome of this experience has an effect on the lives of those experiencing it.

    Read More

  • Epicurus Death Argument Analysis

    1169 Words  | 3 Pages

    “Become accustomed to the belief that death is nothing to us. For all good and evil consists in sensation, but

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Life Coaching

    1125 Words  | 3 Pages

    Deeper into the article, we are introduced to Holland’s discussion of how SLPs may use the method of coaching to help families and individuals who are wanting to take on their previous lifestyle and workload after a stroke and how this is accomplished. There are explanations and examples as to how this method is

    Read More

  • Brain Recovery After Injury Or Trauma Essay

    1434 Words  | 3 Pages

    The control center of the human body is none other than the mighty brain. Due to its incredible importance in basic human functioning, both voluntary and involuntary, any injury or trauma to this organ will have a great influence on the body and it's capabilities (Burrus, 2013). Exploring how the brain deals with various injuries and damage proves that the functionality of the brain is fitting to make the brain the power house of the body. But before exploring this with the help of case studies, it is important to first make sense of the the anatomy and functioning of the nervous system as a whole in order to understand how it is affected during injury, the functioning of the body that is lost, the intervention implemented for treatment or rehabilitation and the changes experienced.

    Read More

  • Heroism In Frankenstein: The Modernization Of The Prometheus

    1179 Words  | 3 Pages

    While we possess thee, thy changes ever lovely, thy vernal airs or majestic storms, thy vast creation spread at our feet, above, around us, how can we call ourselves unhappy? There is a brotherhood in the growing, opening flowers, love in the soft winds, repose in the verdant expanse, and a quick spirit of happy life throughout, with which our souls hold glad communion; but the poor prisoner was barred from these: how cumbrous the body felt, how alien to the inner spirit of man, the fleshy bars that allowed it to become slave of his fellows

    Read More

  • Stroke Essay

    1441 Words  | 3 Pages

    Americans are faced with health complications such as stroke each and every day. Stroke, also called “brain attack” is the third leading cause of deaths in the United States, killing more women each year than breast cancer. According to World Health Organization, fifteen million people suffer from stroke worldwide each year and about 700,000 in the United States. Among the people, it can be inferred that there is a poor public awareness of stroke. There are also many myths about stroke and one of them states that stroke is not preventable. It is also said that strokes cannot be treated, can only strike the elderly and its recovery happens for a few months post-stroke. When in reality, about 80% of strokes are preventable, it requires critical emergency treatment, can happen to anyone of any age, and occurs in the brain. It is also imperative to know that its recovery can continue throughout life.

    Read More

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature

    933 Words  | 2 Pages

    "In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, - no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, - my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God."

    Read More

  • Stroke Case Study Essay

    1381 Words  | 3 Pages

    The aim of the study was to identify how physically active Stroke patients are during the acute stages following Stroke since, the amount of physical activeness in medically stable Stroke patients was identified as one of the factors crucial for promoting later stage functional recovery. In the Intensive care units and post acute medical wards studied, the amount of physical activity levels demonstrated by Stroke patients were low - provided the medical limitations. They were active only 30% of the time. The remaining 70% was spent inactive in activities like sleeping, lying in bed, chatting, watching tv, being turned, being shifted, being fed and passive exercise of the affected limb.

    Read More

  • The Originality of Levinas: Pre-Originally Categorizing the Ego

    6081 Words  | 13 Pages

    The indispensability of the flesh to this turning of the self to the Other signifies the excellence whereby the human transcends the angelic.

    Read More

  • Stroke Essay

    912 Words  | 2 Pages

    Stroke has been implicated as the third leading cause of death1. It’s occurrence increases with age, with two-thirds of stroke victims being over 65 years old2. The elderly population is increasing, with 20% of the U.S. population expected to be over 65 years old by the year 20303. As future dentists, these are the people we will one day be treating in our practices. Therefore, it is important for us to be able to properly prevent, recognize, and manage the diseases of the elderly population.

    Read More

  • Death And The Afterlife Essay

    1370 Words  | 3 Pages

    In a time where science and materialism reign, the topic of the soul is rarely mentioned, ostensibly left in the past with the philosophers of old. Nichols, however, candidly broaches this difficult topic and gives new life to the argument that humans do indeed have an immaterial, immortal soul. Nichols summarizes several popular arguments for the existence of the soul as he builds his own argument, which discusses a soul as limited in relation to its environment as well as a soul that is one with the mind and a controller of the body. He discusses both the strengths and challenges to his argument, offering rebuttals to the challenges. Because this soul is the organizing principle of the body it is involved in the Resurrection as well, bridging the gap between the material and spiritual worlds. However, I disagree with Nichols’ assessment, instead choosing the side of materialism where an immaterial soul does not exist.

    Read More

More about Her Stroke Of Stroke Book Report

Open Document