The reader’s resistance to these stories can be strong. From a literary point of view, everything depends on the sensibility of the narrator, her comportment both as the teller and as the main character in her own tale.
Haley at forumFREEMississippi.In the vast and growing literature of affliction there is essentially one story: how the writer and her loved ones made it through. For more information about University Forum, visit or join the discussion online at Facebook (Southern Miss Forum) and Twitter about the series, contact Dr. Presented by the Southern Miss Honors College, University Forum is free and open to To our superstitions, we can solve the problems that bedevil us.” “When we demand answers from science, and don't surrender “Their story reminds us that there is still a lot to be learned about how the mind Labelled ‘madwomen' as witches, or locked them in asylums. Professor of history and director of University Forum. However, their story is also about science and superstition,” said Dr. “Cahalan's resilience - and Jasmine Whiteside's - is remarkable and inspirational. Now pursuing a doctorate at Ohio State University.
Was diagnosed with the same disease, and spent six months in a coma. Whiteside is Najjar told Cahalan's distressedĬahalan recovered and wrote a memoir, Brain on Fire, which was made into a Netflix film. After her Forum address about her experience,Ĭahalan will be joined onstage by Southern Miss alumna Jasmine Whiteside, who in 2013 Her with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, which caused her body to attack the reasoningĪnd emotional centers of the brain. “Her brain,” Dr. It would take months of misdiagnoses before Dr. She became increasingly paranoid, and her behaviorīecame erratic.
Susannah Cahalan was successfully pursuing her dream of becoming a reporter when suddenlyĮveryday tasks became more difficult. In Bennett Auditorium at the first University Forum of the fall 2018 semester. – will share their story of recovery and resilience Tuesday, Sept.18 at 6:30 p.m. The other, a University of Southern Mississippi (USM) alumna now pursuing a Ph.D. Two individuals who contracted an uncommon illness – one, a bestselling author, and
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