My Beautiful Broken Brain
This Netflix Original documentary follows Lotje, a young, active, adventurous 34 year old who sustained a hemorrhagic stroke leaving her with aphasia and the inability to communicate or read anything. The reason I chose to review this documentary for my neuro-note is because although strokes are common among older adults and its definite we will be working with a stroke patient at some point in our career, it is more rare to hear of someone having a stroke at such a young age in a relatively healthy young woman.
After being released from the hospital Lotje finds herself in somewhat of an alternate universe her brain has created for her. She is seeing the world around her from a different perspective and is struggling finding who she is and her purpose after the accident. Lotje is determined not to become discouraged by this new obstacle in her life and checks herself into an inpatient rehab hospital where she works with occupational therapists, speech and language therapist, psychologist, and other health professionals working to help her regain her reading abilities. Upon being released from the hospital, Lotje enters an experimental trial that tries to retrain the brain to read. After a session she experiences huge flashes of light and bursts of color that sends her into epileptic convulsions and ultimately places a huge setback into her progress.
I feel as if this documentary gives you a personal look into the life of someone that has experienced a stroke and the long road ahead they travel down in an attempt to take back control of their life. I would recommend this to fellow students or therapist whom want a better insight on what their clients are experiencing when they are scared or frustrated during their recovery. Lotje's point of view on what happened to her is a beautiful and inspiring story.
After being released from the hospital Lotje finds herself in somewhat of an alternate universe her brain has created for her. She is seeing the world around her from a different perspective and is struggling finding who she is and her purpose after the accident. Lotje is determined not to become discouraged by this new obstacle in her life and checks herself into an inpatient rehab hospital where she works with occupational therapists, speech and language therapist, psychologist, and other health professionals working to help her regain her reading abilities. Upon being released from the hospital, Lotje enters an experimental trial that tries to retrain the brain to read. After a session she experiences huge flashes of light and bursts of color that sends her into epileptic convulsions and ultimately places a huge setback into her progress.
I feel as if this documentary gives you a personal look into the life of someone that has experienced a stroke and the long road ahead they travel down in an attempt to take back control of their life. I would recommend this to fellow students or therapist whom want a better insight on what their clients are experiencing when they are scared or frustrated during their recovery. Lotje's point of view on what happened to her is a beautiful and inspiring story.
Resources
Lynch, D., Sodderland, L., & Robinson, S. (Producers), Robinson, S. & Sodderland, L. (Directors).
(2016). My beautiful broken brain. [Netflix Documentary]. British Films
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