How I Rescued My Brain: A Psychologist's Remarkable Recovery From
Stroke And Trauma

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As a psychologist specialising in court assessments David Roland often saw the toughest most heartbreaking cases The emotional trauma had begun to take its toll
- & then the global financial crisis hit leaving his family facing financial ruin So when he found himself in a local emergency ward with little idea of where he was or how he got there doctors wondered if he had had a nervous breakdown
- if the strain of treating individuals with mental-health problems had become too much Eventually they discovered the truth David had suffered a stroke which had resulted in brain injury He faced two choices give up or get his brain working again Drawing on the principles of neuroplasticity David set about re-wiring his brain Embarking on a search that brought him into contact with doctors neuroscientists yoga teachers musicians & a Buddhist nun he found the tools to restore his sense of self psychotherapy exercise music mindfulness & meditation How I Rescued My Brain is the story of David's neurological difficulties & his remarkable cognitive recovery It is also an account of a journey to emotional health & wellbeing In the tradition of Marc Lewis's Memoirs of an Addicted Brain & Jill Bolte Taylor's My Stroke of Insight this is an amazing tale of one man's resilience & his determination to overcome one of the most frightening situations imaginable
- the fear that he had lost his mind & might not get it back