Norman Doige, M.D.’s book, The Brain That Changes Itself, observes neuroplasticity, which is the idea that the brain can change its own structure by making new neutral connection. The impacts of this brain function are continuously highlighted. He explains how many scientist were hesitant to use the word “neuroplasticity” as to be “promoting a fanciful notion” (Doige, XIX), however this function is demonstrated to be existent in this book through these stories of a women who regains her ability to balance without assistance from a machine, a woman …show more content…
I connected to this chapter especially. I have been diagnosed ADHD, Major Depressive Disorder, and OCD for about 2 years now, having gone up and down trying to discover how to survive and function with these disorders. I began to tear up reading Doige’s description of what it’s like on the inside of on OCD person’s mind because it was all spot on and the difficulties are ones I face very single day. He then mentions the brain lock theory, by Schwartz, which is then a method in which to tackle and overcome these obsessive thoughts and ideas that then lead to obsessive actions, tendencies, and even