TBI 1994: Lifelong learning, the computer, internet, social media and yes I reached Dr Adam Zeman, Exeter University. Below is a podcast that describes the impact of a TBI in my case. Imagine I went through ECT so maybe if I had known about Aphantasia, there may have been another option (this was 1998 afterall). I can’t get the podcast “Think of a Horse – The Doc Project” but if you are interested it really is worth listening too. The power of virtual community has real stake in the world too. I have one difference not mentioned in this podcast and that is I can return to the images pre accident/especially childhood ie a fall from a horse, which makes this an appropriate title for me especially.

Posted on May 13, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

The Doc Project

Think of a Horse6:0728:59

Think of a Horse

  • 5 years ago
  • Radio
  • Duration 28:59

Close your eyes and imagine a horse. What do you see? Statistically, you can probably picture the horse in your mind. The colour, the flowing tail. Tom Ebeyer can’t do that. Tom doesn’t have a mind’s eye, and for the first 20 years of his life he didn’t even know what a mind’s eye was. But now, Tom is finding other people like him, and they are finding belonging in their difference. Plus, they finally have a name for it: aphantasia

favourite resources on aphantasia.

  1. Think of a Horse – A podcast I did for the CBC. This one’s a massive “light bulb” moment for newly-discovered Aphants because they relate to so much of what I went through. They feel seen, heard and validated.
  2. Picture This? Some Just Can’t – The first time I was “revealed” to the world as an aphant… in the New York Times

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About michelleclarke2015

Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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