tags: brain damage

2003

February

2003 Feb 14
Disorientation

Hmmm. Pure parietal lobe? Or frontal lobe causing severe depression? This is the problem of being a medical student.

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2006

July

2006 Jul 24
diametrically opposed beliefs

I recall a quote from F Scott Fitzgerald: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” There is coda to this quote that is often ignored, but unfortunately I’m too lazy to look it up. I’m fairly certain that it has something to do with brain damage, though.

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November

2006 Nov 26
my mind is not broken, it’s just seriously sprained

I don’t know. This night, this night, my brain is filled with a foggy void. I don’t know if it’s just fatigue, just this irregular sleep-wake cycle that keeps me spinning in hopeless circles.

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2012

June

2012 Jun 15
i think there's something wrong with me

So, yeah, I've been kind of out of it all day. I can't seem to concentrate. I feel like I'm pushing against an unseen force, like I'm swimming in molasses in something.

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