Feb 26, 2026
Looking for books about brains and brain damage. Could explore Alzheimer's or any other neurodegenerative disease, along with things like CTE. Fiction and non-fiction welcome. Got hit pretty hard in the with a basketball this morning and it got me thinking...
harrykissminger3 months ago
atlas shrugged if you're looking for some first hand experience
curelullaby3 months ago
two arms and a head is a very good read, but it's more about paraplegia
reading a bit about it online; it sounds very well written, although depressing af. worth it?
it was definitely worth it for me, it's a perspective I've never read before and to be honest really made me more appreciative of my functioning body. the author is a bit egotistical but the content itself is worth it
For nonfiction, any neurosurgery book for traumatic brain injuries, my father's brain would also qualify for Alzheimer's. Also the diving bell and the butterfly for locked in syndrome
Are you a doctor/in medicine? Anyways, good recs. the last one you recommended sounds horrifying akin to Johnny Got His Gun, but I'm very curious. Didn't know about locked in syndrome.
Yeah surgery resident. It's better in the sense that he can't move, instead he can only see and sense as compared to complete disconnection. But the entire book is written while he's locked in which is pretty amazing.
A bit late, but Everything in Its Place by Oliver Sacks is great; his essay on Spalding Grey, dealing with the fallout from his traumatic brain injury, was upsetting. Also found the cases about B12 deficiency on brain function fascinating