Monthly Archives: June 2023

AI … but then there is the awful diagnosis of ALS or MND (thinking of a most remarkable person Charlie Bird who is fighting MND with great determination). Hold on – there is hope, there are people with remarkable brains and interested in research.

Posted on June 27, 2023 by michelleclarke2015
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GenZ: A Baby Boomer, has a little advice about life and especially the smartphone

Posted on June 26, 2023 by michelleclarke2015

Could a dopamine detox help restore your sanity? Life & CultureFeature TikTok’s latest viral wellness trend encourages people to take a short, sharp break from the pleasures of social media, TV, films and even music 7June 2023 TextSerena Smith As … Continue reading →

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Horse riding accident: 30+ years. No two accidents create the same injuries so it is critical not to compare. Here is a well researched piece from an article (link included) outlining what happens to the brain. In my case I was going over a jump & therein I recall nexting else, even now. This is just another piece of the jigsaw that the social media allows me to engage in and maybe this article will be of benefit to others. (Personally, I add, I lost hearing in my right ear and gained tinnitus; I lost my sense of smell, and have real difficulties with new memories being formed. The points below are consistent with my experience. Also: Patients with hippocampal amnesia cannot imagine new experiences. Life becomes the permanent present.) And… then 2017 diagnosed with breast cancer and now a survivor

Posted on June 25, 2023 by michelleclarke2015

Head First – Horse Riding Accidents and Concussions  (Source:  Horse Journals magazine) When horse and rider part company, the rider’s head is usually first to hit the ground. Photo: Shutterstock/Taylon Extracts from the article below that relate to my situation. … Continue reading →

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TBI: A true loss, forming memories, loss of imagination. Article from Scientific American. Title: Where Imagination Lives in Your Brain…the engine of memory; the hippocampus

Posted on June 24, 2023 by michelleclarke2015

NEUROSCIENCE Where Imagination Lives in Your Brain The ability to conjure up possible futures or alternative realities is the flip side of memory. Both faculties cohabit in the brain region called the hippocampus https://5d0b035bf7cc059d3f389ed29a0c8b86.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.htmlADVERTISEMENT Henry Molaison, known for years as … Continue reading →

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PTSD Sufferers To Get Digital Help For Overlooked Symptom. Iraq, Afghanistan, Mali, Central African Republic, Yemen, Palestine, Israel … Libya, and now Ukraine – the countries go on and on. We know that people live struggling to get food to eat. They are all destined to experience PTSD as are many of the combatants in these wars. Please share with people from Ukraine. Source NoCamels (Israel)

Posted on June 23, 2023 by michelleclarke2015

PTSD Sufferers To Get Digital Help For Overlooked Symptom By Ariel Grossman, NoCamels June 21, 2023  4 minutes Technology (Courtesy Andrew Neel/Pexels) Israeli military veterans and other sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will soon be able to receive online assistance in addressing a symptom … Continue reading →

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Assisted dying is being discussed in Ireland; this may be of interest to people, especially people with mental illness that often is underpinned by suicide ideation. This is Jordan Peterson’s Thoughts on Assisted Suicide. He shares his “Truth” and is worth engaging with.

Posted on June 20, 2023 by michelleclarke2015

189,724 views 19 Jun 2023 #JordanPeterson#JordanBPeterson#DrJordanPetersonDr. Peterson discusses the ethical and moral implications of granting the state the power to decide who lives and who dies. Drawing on historical parallels, he cautions against the potential dangers of government control over … Continue reading →

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Where is poor Echo? Dr Phil discusses Narcissism

Posted on June 20, 2023 by michelleclarke2015
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Recommend: the secret truth about your childhood. Be alert to highly sensitive children. AD HD … some have “H” which is hyperactivity but really what is core is the Attention Deficit Disorder.

Posted on June 19, 2023 by michelleclarke2015
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Forster … Still trying to find out if Col. Francis Forster, Master of the Horse, in the days of the Vice Regal lodge in Dublin is related to the Forster family mentioned below.

Posted on June 16, 2023 by michelleclarke2015

Sir Reginald Forster | his parents4th Governor of BamboroughNorthumberland, England This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!! General of Bannockburn 1314.The descendants of Sir Reginald were mostly great chieftins, many were knighted … Continue reading →

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How my bipolar diagnosis changed my scientific career by Michelle Kimple for Nature magazine. …. This resonates with my personal experience: this explains why I failed to sit my final exams at Trinity College Dublin in 2003. Confusion, an attempt to write essays at their request were completed by me but lost in the college business faculty resulted in many years of burnout (chronic fatigue) that followed. All I have as a result of my 7 years in Trinity is an “education” which goes beyond any degree. This was a life education process for me throughout the years to now. For anyone diagnosed with bipolar and on medication, as I am, this is worth reading. Search Trinity College on canisgallicus.com site … you will see my attempts to stay on track but often floundering in the abyss of being bipolar and hindered greatly by anxiety and traumatic brain in injury. Italics bold indicates what I deem really important.

Posted on June 15, 2023 by michelleclarke2015

How my bipolar diagnosis changed my scientific career I spent more than a year in a manic state, burning out for the sake of my job. Here’s how I found balance again. For tenure-track faculty members, the hypomania (‘mania lite’) … Continue reading →

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