Opinionator: The Brain on Love by Diane Ackerman
During idylls of safety, when your brain knows you’re with someone you can trust, it needn’t waste precious resources coping with stressors or menace. Instead it may spend its lifeblood learning new things or fine-tuning the process of healing.
We've certainly found this to be true with Mom. She's never alone and is surrounded by loving family, friends and community at all times, and her body is working hard to heal. She's learning new things every day and making new connections in the brain all the time. Today she read a little from a magazine and practiced reading the clock - reciting her numbers is much better than last week.
2 comments:
Great article, and beautifully written. Thanks for posting it. Maybe we are helping our loved ones more than we know.
So glad to hear about all of her wonderful progress. She's one tough cookie!
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