fell I was able to look after myself. This was very effective in helping me recover connection to my body. The falls I had experienced led the
therapists to think my higher brain functions, like those controlling impulse and judgement, might have been damaged. They wanted to test that. By March I was healthy enough to do five hours of IQ tests. I scored better than I had five years before.
THE NEXT RECOVERY A year later on 30th December 2015, over the course of two days I had two epileptic seizures that attacked the same muscles as the stroke. The doctors agreed the epilepsy was caused by the stroke. I started on a course of drugs to control the seizures. But I have not taken the drugs for three months now, after gradually testing my brain management system, slowly reducing the drugs, and finding out what works. I have not had another seizure.
THE LESSONS I learnt some important lessons from those tests. First, that I could trust my judgement. Having your brain betray you certainly puts big question marks around whether or not you can trust yourself. Next, I learnt that every category of activity and sense perception uses different parts of my brain. In the 18 months since the seizures I’ve been studying NLP, hypnotherapy, and fine arts, which have confirmed and deepened this lesson. Now when experiencing epilepsy
I feel weird sensations, muscles tensing without movement or choice, and tingling in my body. When these sensations present, I immediately worry that I’m going to have fit. I focus on relaxing my body, and I move my attention to activities that take me to the undamaged part of my brain. I use my right hand and leg; I do balancing activities like riding my bike, walking, Tai Chi, yoga. I focus on looking. These
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move me to the left side of my brain away from the scar on the right side, and I settle back to the new normal created by the stroke/epilepsy. I don’t recommend this to anyone else
as a treatment. However, the process of personal empowerment and of body awareness can help you find your own way to health. Even if you aren’t struck by a catastrophic event as I was, knowing how to manage your brain can help you to achieve your goals and live a fuller life. n
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Christopher's obsession with the human condition, mind, body, and spirit began 45 years ago as a teen. He has explored the great traditions
in very practical ways. Recently his experience has been tested by a stroke and epilepsy, and recently deepened and strengthened with hypnotherapy and NLP.
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