Reviews with content warning for Forced institutionalization - Brein in brand: Hoe mijn lichaam mijn hersenen aanviel

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Brein in brand: Hoe mijn lichaam mijn hersenen aanviel by Willem van Paassen, Susannah Cahalan

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alexisgarcia's review against another edition

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informative sad slow-paced

3.5

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loregoodwin's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

After reading this book, the hypochondriac in me is grateful to know the existence of this disease, in case it happens to me and I need a doctor to look into it.

I’m sorry she had to go through this. My mom was misdiagnosed for a long time, and by the time we finally got an accurate diagnosis, we had only three weeks left together. So I know a little about this, even though my mom’s disease was something entirely different. As such, my compassion meter was very high on this one.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was a great read about the horrifying reality of undiagnosed illnesses and how so many can closely resemble one another. I can relate to a lot of the things Susannah reported about her own illness, such as all tests coming back normal. It takes a caring and determined doctor to keep trying when all else fails.

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