Whiling attempting to select what aspect of myself I want to change my mind ran a thousand miles a minute. I began thinking of all the things I would want to change about myself: my mindset, my body, and all the little things I obsess over. This then caused me to realize that one thing I would desire to change is to feel more satisfaction, and no longer obsess over unimportant details and things I cannot control. I tend to worry and fear not being able to be happy or feel clear head to the pointed that I upset myself and clog my head more.
Norman Doige, M.D.’s book, The Brain That Changes Itself, observes neuroplasticity, which is the idea that the brain can change its own structure by making new neutral connection. The impacts of this brain function are continuously highlighted. He explains how many scientist were hesitant to use the word “neuroplasticity” as to be “promoting a fanciful notion” (Doige, XIX), however this function is demonstrated to be existent in this book through these stories of a women who regains her ability to balance without assistance from a machine, a woman …show more content…
I connected to this chapter especially. I have been diagnosed ADHD, Major Depressive Disorder, and OCD for about 2 years now, having gone up and down trying to discover how to survive and function with these disorders. I began to tear up reading Doige’s description of what it’s like on the inside of on OCD person’s mind because it was all spot on and the difficulties are ones I face very single day. He then mentions the brain lock theory, by Schwartz, which is then a method in which to tackle and overcome these obsessive thoughts and ideas that then lead to obsessive actions, tendencies, and even
Norman Doige, M.D.’s book, The Brain That Changes Itself, observes neuroplasticity, which is the idea that the brain can change its own structure by making new neutral connection. The impacts of this brain function are continuously highlighted. He explains how many scientist were hesitant to use the word “neuroplasticity” as to be “promoting a fanciful notion” (Doige, XIX), however this function is demonstrated to be existent in this book through these stories of a women who regains her ability to balance without assistance from a machine, a woman …show more content…
I connected to this chapter especially. I have been diagnosed ADHD, Major Depressive Disorder, and OCD for about 2 years now, having gone up and down trying to discover how to survive and function with these disorders. I began to tear up reading Doige’s description of what it’s like on the inside of on OCD person’s mind because it was all spot on and the difficulties are ones I face very single day. He then mentions the brain lock theory, by Schwartz, which is then a method in which to tackle and overcome these obsessive thoughts and ideas that then lead to obsessive actions, tendencies, and even