My Beautiful Broken Brain | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

A stroke stripped her of the skills she needs to function. This documentary captures the strange new world she inhabits, teeming with color and sound. Only on Netflix March 18th.

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My Beautiful Broken Brain | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

[justinjustin]

it's not broken, just beautifully different like everyone else is.

[arashi-pchd]

It’s like seeing the world from a perspective that a normal functioning brain can think of but may be unable to imagine. Thank you, Lotje, for sharing your story. It is a wonderful documentary.

[carylarnet]

Grateful for the documentary... although all brain injury affects everyone differently, this certainly was helpful in understanding... BRAVO to this young lady, I admire her courage.

[tiad.]

I had a stroke when I was a preteen, although not as severe as this woman when I was in the ICU. This documentary was amazing. It really brought me back to the frustration and fascination with the changes that happened to my brain. The anger at not being able to tie my own damn shoes at 12yrs old, or eat unaided, but being fascinated by how my perception had changed. It always affects you in some way, no matter how much rehabilitation you go through.

[danaemartinez]

thank you so much for this, as an occupational therapist I'm pretty thankful, you've just gave me more strength to keep learning and improvising my treatments for my patients. send you a huge hug from Mexico, and again, thank you for share.

[thePurpleDragonflyStudio]

reading some of these comments are breaking my heart, but I wanted to let you know, that I survived a ruptured brain aneurysm, and cant wait to sit and watch the entire film, with my family, so that they also will know what I see, and live, thank you so much for sharing this with the world, I hope it makes my world a little easier to fit into, but again these comments will just keep me hiding from the world. :(

[grimdivine]

I don't get high very often, but I live in Colorado and have the option to buy marijuana legally whenever I want. I decided to get some edibles and ate some yesterday and decided to watch this movie. I have to comment on this video, because I had THE MOST enlightening experience watching this doc as high as I was. The high started really kicking in near the beginning of the movie and I started feeling as if I had a hard time clinging onto reality. The scene changes, editing, music, and effects really captured her world in a way that immediately transported me into her perceptions. Some of her first sentences are what really grabbed at me because I Couldn't understand anything she was saying. I wasn't sure what the documentary was actually about before I started watching, so I had no idea what I was getting into. As the movie progressed, I slowly began to understand what Lotje was trying to explain when she was feeling better about rehabilitating. Through out the movie, I was going through Lotje's ups and downs with her. Every time she would try explaining something and would start trailing off course in her sentence, I was right there with her, watching my own mind dig deeper and deeper into thought to the point of completely forgetting what I was thinking about originally. When she would start getting down, I completely understood why and I watched as she was trying to climb out of the entanglement of her mind. Every time she started to feel better as if her condition was improving, was due to her embracing the fact that she was special. She had figured out that focusing on the positives about what happened to her brain, actually improved her sentence forming and communication. I feel that we all have the capability to tap into what she is living, but over time, we have built up a wall in our minds to avoid it. It's a dangerous place in the mind where you can literally perceive your own heaven or hell. Lotje went through both her own personal heaven and hell and embraced the beauty in what she was experiencing. This ultimately improved her condition to at least become fairly functional in society. I also noticed that when people were asking Lotje simple questions, I began to lose the ability to understand what these people were actually saying. I heard the words, but the meaning behind them were non existent and I could see that Lotje was lost as well. After I finished the movie, I sat and thought about everything I had just experienced. Part of me wondered if I had just experienced a stroke myself, while the other part of me realized I was just high. Either way, I had such a bizarre connection to Lotje and her world, that I feel very blessed to have experienced something so unique.

[catherinerebbeck]

Well done Lotje Sodderland! Having survived Brain Surgery on 22 September 2006, followed by years of rehabilitation... learning what my children's names were, learning how to walk, talk and communicate, I certainly relate to this fabulous recollection of 'My Beautiful Broken Brain'. Never give up hope!
Smiles Cath :)

[victorvanelsen]

suffered it in Jan 2018
1. Ruptured large brain aneurysm
2 A Subarachnoid Haemorrhage..
3 Brain haemorrhagic Stroke
4. Brain operation
5. Also operate to remove a large blood Clot behind the left eye
6. Placed in an medically INDUCED COMA with an assisted breathing tube to allow a maximum and on

Thank you, Lotje, for sharing your story 👍👍
🙏

[liliasnell]

Had a stroke at 31 years old, was lucky to only loose some vision but i was broken and twisted inside, no one can help you because doctors know so little, i'm 42 now, i live in this beautiful mind of mine that i created, and it's all right.

[dudman]

Amazing how positive and humble she is through all this.

[milvache]

I feel so sorry for this woman that she has suffered so much but I am happy that she can find the light in the darkness and always find a way

[elp]

I was in my mid twenties when I suffered a severe trauma-related brain injury. I recovered very well with the help of extraordinary medical personnel and various therapies (speech, physical, and so on). Two years later, you would not be able to tell that anything happened to me (except for the slight limp). The experience inspired me to enter the nursing field in order to assist those who need a bit of help such as I once did. I'm quite interested to watch this program because while one brain injury can differ wildly from another, she articulates many of the same feelings and thoughts I had following my own brain injury.

[chaosgamez]

Your brain is the most important thing you will ever own.

[BMTHLMAO]

So excited for this. Netflix is doing some great things

[itsbrianchen]

I had a brain injury, too. It was 6 years ago; I wasn't able to speak at all.
I am very glad that you made this movie/film. It has hope!

[yasminbeatricebahaoui]

this woman is super woman!!! i'm so proud of her she is so amazing!! i watched the dokument when she was crying my own eyes died in that moment i could feel so clearly her emotions and everything. She is prove that whatever happens never giveup!!

[Verisetti]

You give everyone hope who has stroke in family history. Glad to have found your trailer will watch you on Netflix :)

[ferofax]

Netflix seems to be always on point with these wonderful stories.

[Okinagrow]

For anyone who hasn't seen this masterpiece.... It was the single most interesting documentary that I have ever seen!!!