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The Brain ! Have you seen yours lately ?

Started by Anatta, March 28, 2013, 11:16:06 PM

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Anatta

March 28, 2013, 11:16:06 PM
Kia Ora,

When it come to trans-people there's a lot of talk about the wiring in the brain so...


::) Just out of interest, are you sure you have one ? If you are, then when was the last time you actually saw or felt your own brain ?

Food for thought [provided you have a brain for the neurotransmitters to interact  that is] ;) ;D

Metta Zenda :)
"The most essential method which includes all other methods is beholding the mind. The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included !"   :icon_yes:
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Jamie D

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March 28, 2013, 11:34:41 PM
I have the MRI and MRA scans of my brain, taken in October 2012.  The stroke damage is very well-imaged.

In fact, I just looked at them.  And my name is still there.
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Anatta

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March 28, 2013, 11:57:55 PM
Quote from: Jamie D on March 28, 2013, 11:34:41 PM
I have the MRI and MRA scans of my brain, taken in October 2012.  The stroke damage is very well-imaged.

In fact, I just looked at them.  And my name is still there.

Kia Ora Jamie,

But you haven't actually seen it, only a photo [and we all know about trick photography and the likes of  photoshop] ;) ;D

Metta Zenda :)
"The most essential method which includes all other methods is beholding the mind. The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included !"   :icon_yes:
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calico

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March 29, 2013, 12:40:10 AM
Quote from: Kuan Yin on March 28, 2013, 11:57:55 PM
Kia Ora Jamie,

But you haven't actually seen it, only a photo [and we all know about trick photography and the likes of  photoshop] ;) ;D

Metta Zenda :)
I think to be able to actually see it would be difficult I mean you would have to basically cut the top part of your skull off to get to it so, I would lead to think I have have a brain because I am not interested into finding out by those means.
"To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity."― Irving Wallace  "Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find." -  E.L. Konigsburg
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Jenny07

#4
March 29, 2013, 12:46:30 AM
Help, mine is escaping!

So long and thanks for all the fish
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Anatta

#5
March 29, 2013, 01:42:25 AM
Kia Ora Jamie,

You might find this interesting, Jill Bolte Taylor, had a stroke and managed to document her experience...Truly amazing...



Metta Zenda :)
"The most essential method which includes all other methods is beholding the mind. The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included !"   :icon_yes:
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Anatta

#7
March 29, 2013, 02:24:32 AM
Quote from: Jamie D on March 29, 2013, 02:11:18 AM
Thank you very much  :)
Kia Ora Jamie,

You're welcome...

Metta Zenda :)
"The most essential method which includes all other methods is beholding the mind. The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included !"   :icon_yes:
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Blaine

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March 29, 2013, 11:08:22 AM
When I was a kid I used to try to roll my eyes back to look at it. I've given up on that, though, since everyone around me is pretty convinced I don't have one. I'll take their word for it 'cause I'm lazy like that.  ;D
I did my waiting! Twelve years of it! In [my head!] Azkaban!
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Lesley_Roberta

#9
March 29, 2013, 08:57:47 PM
Migraine sufferer here.

Oh I know it's in there alright. Damn thing malfunctions on a regular basis some years.

They say a migraine is like a form of stroke.

All I know, is while experiencing one, I can relate to a record skipping.

All your senses start over reacting, misreporting and just plain not working according to factory settings.

Add to that, I'm stuck in a male form, and yippee frigging hurrah, it means I suffer from THAT brain too.

Then there is the ill advised medications the poorly trained in local psychiatry have offered me during the 90s that sure did me no favours.

I have had it imaged and scanned several times.

It doesn't really surprise me no one seems to think like I do :)
Well being TG is no treat, but becoming separated has sure caused me more trouble that being TG ever will be. So if I post, consider it me trying to distract myself from being lonely, not my needing to discuss being TG. I don't want to be separated a lot more than not wanting to be male looking.
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Eva Marie

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March 29, 2013, 11:38:55 PM
Quote from: Jamie D on March 28, 2013, 11:34:41 PM
I have the MRI and MRA scans of my brain, taken in October 2012.  The stroke damage is very well-imaged.

In fact, I just looked at them.  And my name is still there.

Yep, same here. Even saw the dead spot in my brain - i guess that i'm truly "brain dead" now  :D

I read the book by Jill Boltle Taylor and my experience, while somewhat similar, was a little different than hers. Still an interesting read.
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Anatta

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April 09, 2013, 09:52:22 PM
Kia Ora,

Studying the brain [from the inside] is like a magical mystical mystery tour...I want what she's having  ;) ;D .... ::) No wait ! Silly me...I've already got this without taking LSD  ;) ;D



Metta Zenda :)
"The most essential method which includes all other methods is beholding the mind. The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included !"   :icon_yes:
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Edge

#12
April 11, 2013, 02:03:03 PM
I feel like my brain is mush. On the subject of brains, look at this! Isn't this cool?

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Anatta

#13
April 11, 2013, 03:17:15 PM
Quote from: Edge on April 11, 2013, 02:03:03 PM
I feel like my brain is mush. On the subject of brains, look at this! Isn't this cool?



Kia Ora Edge,

Thanks, it's interesting ... There's more to the brain than meets the eye !

Metta Zenda :)
"The most essential method which includes all other methods is beholding the mind. The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included !"   :icon_yes:
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XchristineX

#14
April 11, 2013, 03:30:35 PM
Brains are over rated....

There is no evidence of superiority in the animal
World accredited to brains...

As a matter of fact having one can be a problem
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brainiac

#15
April 12, 2013, 04:22:05 PM
Well, I haven't seen mine, but I've had someone zap the area responsible for hand movement from outside my skull with TMS and my hand moved, so... it's probably in there!

And I've seen other people's, up close and personal (preserved specimens that I got to handle) and when using an fMRI scanner.
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peky

#16
April 12, 2013, 06:48:32 PM
Is that you in the avatar picture kia ora?
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Anatta

#17
April 12, 2013, 09:13:44 PM
Quote from: peky on April 12, 2013, 06:48:32 PM
Is that you in the avatar picture kia ora?

Kia Ora Peky,

Yes I guess so...Why, have you seen it on the "Most Wanted" programme and want to collect the reward ?  ;) ;D

Metta Zenda :)
"The most essential method which includes all other methods is beholding the mind. The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included !"   :icon_yes:
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Anatta

#18
April 12, 2013, 09:43:56 PM
Quote from: brainiac on April 12, 2013, 04:22:05 PM
Well, I haven't seen mine, but I've had someone zap the area responsible for hand movement from outside my skull with TMS and my hand moved, so... it's probably in there!


Kia Ora Brainiac,

Like a puppet on a string....



Metta Zenda :)
"The most essential method which includes all other methods is beholding the mind. The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included !"   :icon_yes:
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Ashley Allison

#19
April 13, 2013, 12:36:48 AM
Actually, just finished removing and dissecting a brain out of a cadaver for school a couple of months ago... Yes, I myself actually got to crack open the cranium with a chisel and hammer, and pull out the cadaver's brain ;)  Saw about 40 more brains removed from the other cadavers around our lab... So I made the inference that I might have one too lol!
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