My Strange Brain: Losing Reality (Full Documentary) | Our Life

This film was first broadcast: 2008

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[QueenSugil]

The man who doesn't recognise what he sees is sweet and kind-hearted. I hope he is doing better.

[shannanigansisme]

I really wish we could get an update on these fascinating people. This documentary looks at least 15-20 years old.

[brushstroke]

Suggestion for dealing with patients like Cathy who refuse help: approach them with a proposal that asks them to help you rather than a suggestion that you will help them. Many people with psychological issues (and many who don't) become defensive when you suggest they have a problem. But if you make them feel needed instead, they might be much more willing to begin interaction and eventually reward you with trust.

[vivianelle.]

I'm so sad, and amazed with Sheldon. He really loves her. I hope his wife gets better.

[tinahochstetler]

So sweet when Phillip recognized his daughter and hugged her. He had to hear her voice.

[melissastjgreen]

Charles’ poor wife is just constantly calmly reassuring him all day as he rants about false memories. She’s a saint

[kymbab]

Sheldon & Cathy, no that guys a saint, can you imagine living with someone for 16 years and they’re constantly telling you you’re not that person and those are not your kids

[vickyoli]

Thats so scary. You truly believe what you think is real, while everyone tells you the opposite :(

[oldschool]

Poor Sheldon. I sorry but I don't think i could cope with someone telling me if they had a 🔫 they would cill me. For one thing I would be afraid to sleep in the same house or turn my back to her

[scotarg]

I'm amazed at the power of the brain to adapt (or maladapt) to injury or chemical imbalances. It amazes me more that this video has so few views.

[kgmohror]

My elderly aunt has suffered from Charles Bonet for five years. Her “crazies, ” as she calls them, range from the banal to truly terrifying - children with red eyes and pointed teeth, for example. Her doctors can offer no help apart from anti anxiety meds. It’s a nightmare that never ends for this sweet lady.

[pulorri]

Geez the people judging the man who cheated and saying it's karma, and laughing at what's happening to him and his wife? We don't know anything about these people's lives. Maybe his first marriage was bad, it's not our place to judge. Things aren't black and white, and what they are going through is horrible.

[mraereed]

I once had a seizure. My brother was with me but when i came out of it, i didn't recognize him! I demanded he get out of my house! He later told me he had never seen such pure terror in my eyes. It was terrifying going through it.

[nigtendos]

These stories remind me of Oliver Sack's book 'The man that mistook his wife for a hat' . It's a compilation of interesting patient stories that had similar regions of the brain affected. Also the book & movie 'Awakenings', writen by him as well.

[alyshiarobison]

That sweet girl helping her dad out. It's wonderful he has her.

[thepvporg]

IMHO, the woman that doesn't recall her husband is stuck in the past with the image of the young man she married.

[jillijane]

I don't know how the spouses can live with this day in, day out

[silverdoe]

I suffered with hallucinations in my late teens/early twenties, probably due to severe depression. I saw giant spiders & Medusa, but I was lucky to realise they weren’t real. This is so horrible & I feel for them.

[Rosesandchocolates]

My late Mum fell from second floor as she was trying to clean the windows ( as per her employer demand) fell down and broke her head. A decade after she had a miscarriage and other life changing events that let to psychosis.All those damaged her brain big time...

[greengorillah]

Absolutely heartbreaking! I recognize some of these behaviors in my mom who lives with dementia. Parts of her brain no longer work right so she tries to fill in that what makes no sense to her, generating confabulations that change every couple of minutes. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.