Lost Mind: A Candid Story of a Neuroscientist about Illness, Hope, and Recovery

Brain diseases, head injuries, and age-related changes can affect our behavior, destroy personality, and distort memory. What does a person feel and how does he perceive reality when a disease affects different areas of his brain? What parts of our "self" remain with us even when so much is lost? How does our familiar life change when our "main processor" starts to fail? And how do we understand that something is wrong?<\/p>

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Neurophysiologist Barbara Lipska dedicated her life to studying the work of the central nervous system in mental disorders, but one day psychological disturbances began to occur in her own life (the cause was metastatic brain melanoma). As an experienced specialist, Barbara tried to analyze what was happening to her, she did not give up, did not despair. She not only successfully coped with the exhausting illness and returned to her research activities and triathlon competitions but also shared her unique experience with readers, showing each stage of the changes she underwent.<\/p>

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The book, written by Barbara in collaboration with journalist Elaine McArdle, is dedicated not only to the struggle with a severe illness. Before you is a very sincere, captivating, and inspiring story about courage, love, overcoming difficulties, support, understanding, and self-acceptance.<\/p>