One day in 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor woke up and began to get ready for work. A busy neuroanatomist, she was accustomed to a full and stimulating life doing work she loved. But on this particular morning, she had difficulty getting started, but wasn’t quite sure why. She was vaguely aware of a piercing pain in her head, but was also aware of a sense of bliss and freedom from normal constraints. She got up in a fog and went to take a shower, feeling increased dissociated. She became aware that the...

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