What hallucination reveals about our minds | Oliver Sacks
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to Charles Bonnett syndrome -- when visually impaired people experience lucid hallucinations. He describes the experiences of his patients in heartwarming detail and walks us through the biology of this under-reported phenomenon.
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I watched this and became intrigued with this man. So sad to find out he passed away a few years ago :( Rest In Peace to this genius!
I have been hooked on this genius since I first read "The man who mistook his wife for a hat". (Mid 80s). Fortunately he is well represented on RUclips. There is a great interview he did with Studs Turkel on the Turkel Archives sight. Probably the best.
lilacbubble - let us hope his video will help someone get proper diagnosis
So sad, he did great work.
I'm fascinated with him too. He has many, many books published, many are recorded & can be found in public libraries as well as in for profit collections (Audible, Books on Tape). The ones I have listened to are narrated by the author. I never had the faintest idea there were so many unique neurological abnormalities. Have you seen or heard about the movie "Awakenings" starring Robin Williams? Well done, entertaining, based on Oliver Sacks. Most Autistic people can't communicate very well, but he's met with & done long treatises on a couple. One a young man in England with amazing architectural skills, the other an American (midwestern) woman with fantastic skills with cattle & other farm animals. A book I found very interesting is "Island of the colorblind." Happy hunting his works!
Rest in peace
Thats why you should never call some one crazy just because you cant understand what they are seeing or going through
+Mr.Faust Faun Fable Indeed. It had occurred to me some years ago that perhaps individuals who say they hear voices, could possibly really be hearing them. Particularly since I read about the mind control experiments the government toys with - they have the propensity to conduct their experiments on people who have not been informed that they are being used as guinea pigs. They perfected the use of ELF waves to project voices into the brain - and people they do this to, literally do hear voices, because the voices are being projected into their brain.
Mr.Faust Faun Fable it's dismissive
no. you should _never_ call someone "crazy" because we don't live in the 19th century anymore, it's very derogative. part of the reason people are too scared to seek for psychological help they need is stigmatisation.
Aristotle Stagirus good description. terminology was not familiar,but I deciphered it.
Collette Desmaris Yes I know about the waves I am a collector of knowledge I seen it in an old popsci mag article
God, I love this guy! I have read almost all of his books and while in college I was determined to be able to do research with him.....well, I got sick and couldn't finish the Phd program, so I kept reading - a sad, sad day when I found out he died. There should be dozens of doctors like this!
So sorry to hear this 😔 have you since been able to return to school?
He is so chill. Looks like he's telling bed stories to his grand children.
Probably his brain contains natural LSD. ;D
@@BillAnt is that an actual thing? I always feel pretty chilled out and happy naturally, always wondered why I do and others seem not to, but I've never heard of this before
@Shaun The Penguin < I was surprised too when reading it in a medical paper, all humans have really small amounts of LSD in their brain cells. According to the paper when we excrete dopamine, the LSD levels go up too including during dreaming. Go figure. lol
@@BillAnt that's very interesting, thanks for sharing, I will look into this further :)
@Shaun The Penguin < Just go take a nice nap, and you'll be tripping on LSD too. he-he Keep it mind it's only present in extremely minute amounts, for a real trip you better research "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide". ;)
How wonderfully relaxed he is; as if he is sitting in his living room chair, talking to an old friend.
Lies van Rijn He's calming, too, as if he's a grandfather telling you stories as soon as you come home from school.
Exactly! Lucky kid that has him as a grandfather
His books are just as fascinating to read. Pick up a copy of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat"
hitchhiker42 It's on my reading list, very curious about it!
He was a truly deeply cool dude.
His manner of speech is most enjoyable, humankind has suffered a huge loss.
Indeed.
I think he's German
British nvm
He died???
Lukas Kennedy he did die in Aug 2015.
"The theater of the mind is created by the machinery of the brain." beautiful.
No! Charles Bonnet wondered, "how the theater of the mind COULD BE generated by the machinery of the brain." And we still have exactly ZERO idea as to actually how this happens. Just because we're now beginning to know that specific cells are ACTIVATED during these hallucinations, does not mean we understand how, OR IF the brain produces consciousness!
Thats never proved and doesnt sound rational.
@Proud violent Libtard Agreed...it may be.
Proud violent Libtard Proud? Proud and libtard don’t go together lol.
first there was the word
Rest in peace Dr. Sacks, he was a really great human and we will eternally grateful of his job and effort.
I just heard of this guy. I am interested to learn more about encephalitis lethargic and the movie awakenings. 🎬
we see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination...thats just a cool line
The eyes are actually connected to the brain - they are the part of the brain that poke out on stalks and are protected inside bone sockets, with lids and lashes to keep them moist and safe. It is true that the eyes are the windows of the soul, the eyes are our brain looking out and the way we see into the inner person.
.................shut up dude -_-
Technically everything is seen with the brain, which is why optical illusions occur. The eyes aren't incorrect, it's the brain that's constructing the image from the eyes wrongly. An eye is like a data logger, the brain is the CPU interpreting what the input says.
Ron Paultard The eyes can be just as "incorrect" as the interpretation of data by the brain.
Moises Zamarripa :
Way2Imagine? How Many Way2Imagine Cen Herd Felt Tasted Smel or simply Expressed by Experience. Write "Imagination" Center Page then outline a cloud around the word. Draw Lines Like LightBolt2Other Cloud(s) with Word in them. How Far Will1Imagination Go? Have U Cen Water Boy Movie.
"Visualize and Attack!" The phrase is limiting the brains' ability. The brain possesses more then 1 Set of Ears Eyes and Nose. Why Limit the Brain2 1Body Part(s). Has Any Ever Imagined : Nothing
We need more people like Oliver Sacks, who are still carrying Humanity and Empathy all the way ❤️
Certanly 👏👏👌👌
Empathy should be understood but is irrelevant
You can also hear Dr Sacks on various episodes on a podcast/radio show called Radio Lab.
"I'm aware of alotta things ,
But not really sure about any of them."
- Jim Morrison
where is this from?
Jim Morrison.. The Doors
@@lolojopp LSD experience
"Hey Paul, can you get us some heroin?"
- Also Jim Morrison
@@lolojoppsome interview where jim was tripping balls
Oliver Sacks was, is and always will be one of the most fascinating, generous and humanistic science writers and speakers of our time. His books are AMAZING. His presentations were amazing. And he was always so kind and compassionate, never seeing patients as lab rats or statistics, but as fully complex people. He's influenced me more than I can say.
He was not a science writer. What he published are trivial books.
So sad that he has passed away. Rest in peace Oliver sacks. May the angles be with him👼 what a truly brilliant kind caring man and doctor.
+Laura Streeter But he has talked a lot about psychological phenomenons that had to do with angels
Right, and that's something that interested him greatly, therefore this comment seems appropriate to me.
+Jessica k. Well, angles were with him in life.
Such as the 60 degree ones that make up a hexagon
+Paradox Don't forget the 90 degree angles in the square geometric shapes observed in certain visual hallucinations.
+0mikr0n
don't forget you pray to angELs for what?
to provide you with a new POV or angLE on life.
Freemasons are given a compass for the same reason an angEL has wings
to help plot and measure new angLEs
btw one cosmic plot has your name on it
and it is a coincidence that the last two comments mentioned both the 60 degree angLE and the righteous 90 degree angLe.
what if the fallen angEL is linked to a certain angLE?
what if 60 and 90 are yin and yang and our reality is due to the oscillation between the vertical gravity axis and Morley's Miracle?
“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Heres Tom with the Weather.”
The great late Bill Hicks.
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Fucking Genius. RIP Bill!
That was the beginning of the Mudvayne 🤘 album l.d. 50 right before dig starts playing..... God I miss them lol
@@derekm424 they borrowed that idea from Tool - Third Eye on Ænima.
@@jameshaulenbeek5931 actually... You are spot on. I think Mudvayne used Charles Manson instead... Check it out, your right I'm totally wrong, good catch 🤘
This is how ghosts must have been invented when people didn't know what hallucinations were
Good observation.. its true
Xayn memon or demons
@Rebecca Leeman... I am not sure that I would call String Theory a "Scifi Fantasy." Perhaps you need to catch up on what is called Modern Physics... you know they have come up with a lot of new stuff since Einstein. After all... good old fashioned solid material reality just isn't what it used to be.
Kind of like all of that radar data regarding U.F.O's. When we find out what the source of all of this radar data actually is... we just may have to revise our simple human understanding regarding the so-called laws of physics. Always remember that the human mind cannot create or produce radar data... only good old solid material reality can do so. Something is producing all of that radar data... and it doesn't really matter if anyone understands or even believes in it. It's still there. It's still what is called hard data. It doesn't care whether we understand or believe. And according to the behavior of all of this radar data... the source of it all is behaving in ways which contradict our so-called known laws of physics.
Do the actual true laws of physics exist even if the human mind is totally unaware of them?
Can so-called laws of physics exist and function even if the human mind is ignorant of their reality?
Did the so-called laws of physics which Einstein discovered exist prior to his discovery?
If so... did they exist as hypothesis or reality?
Did the atom exist prior to our ability to measure it? Or even imagine it?
How can you be so rigid as to think that we understand today everything that there is know about the so-called laws of physics.
Let's keep in mind what Einstein actually said... "I did not discover the fundamental underlying laws of the Universe by using my rational mind."
And once we acknowedge what he said... perhaps we can try and understand what he actually meant by such a statement.
What human beings currently do not know about the so-called laws of physics could fill every Black Hole in the Cosmos.
Something else that we don't seem to understand very well.
Did Black Holes exist 5OO years ago when nobody knew anything about them?
Could there be functioning and governing laws of physics which we simply do not yet have any knowledge or awareness of?
Does the existence of reality depend on human understanding or is it independent of it?
When it comes to understanding the so-called laws of physics we human-beings are all simply in kindergarten.
So don't be so smug and arrogant... because from the macro-cosmic perspective... you know virtually nothing at all... especially about what we call the laws of physics.
The media try make crazy thing seem normal so when ur reality is different to the true reality they can feed u full of drugs that make big business mad how they accept like 20 genders when theres clearly 2 just look for yourself thats state of dillusion to be accepted is wrong its only gona create people who are confused about the true reality not what man has moulded
My exact same thoughts ...
I wish I could talk about “any” subject as well as this guy. I can type my thoughts better than I can speak and I’m extremely artistic. Everyone has their gifts. Don’t look down on yourself.
Listen to Sam Harris- he’s great at metaphoric language. You can improve.
@Matt Price you too can speak as eloquently as Dr Oliver Sacks, whom you admired at TedX last year.... Just read thousands of scholarly books your whole life, as he did. Seriously, though... read as widely as you can. Turn off the internet/phone and read GOOD books, not junk. ""Garbage in, garbage out'' used to be the saying in computer programming and its still true, not only for computers but for our underused brains! Also, try an Open Learning course online, they are free and will blow your mind :) bon voyage on your incredible adventure with books. If your local library is not well stocked with classic material, try second hand bookshops - they are a goldmine of knowledge available for a couple of dollars a pop.
ps some audiobooks available online are amazing too, free trials? i think. But a good library at home is the gift that keeps on giving, because you will re-read the best ones every couple of years and learn new things each time you do so! THAT is the definition of a good book.
You can't blame people for not speaking out. People tend to attack anything they don't understand.
- Unfortunately the custom of The American way smh😑
So true! The older I get, the more I learn not to share with others, good or bad things that I may think.
It's sad what this world has resorted to is it not. Where someone can no longer what is truly in their heart for fear of offending 1/3 of the world.
Danny Montiel you gotta learn to avoid the negative ones, surround yourself with positivity
I'm so glad you pointed this out. I was actually being scolded and being lashed out on by my sister for not being direct about what's bothering me. I can't say that she's stupid, but I believe she was ignorant, and ignorance kills others. People are always trying to defend their egos, and it sucks. She blamed me for not speaking out. She knows nothing about what happens to me, so I wish she would just shut up. I wish she would just leave me alone. I'm only 15, and I cannot kick these people out of my life just yet. My message is to find the right people to talk to, because I cannot talk to my family about this sort of mess. I share this with my friends, because things always go wrong when I share with family. Sorry for the venting. Being alone is tough, but I hope I can spread something out there ;/.
I am about halfway through Oliver Sacks' autobiography : "ON THE MOVE - A LIFE". It is really wonderful, fascinating, and makes you wish that you could have known him as a friend . He is a complex character and defies easy description. However, he is CONSISTENTLY curious, brilliant, courageous, compassionate, humble and defiant . Yes, a few of those terms are contradictory. Above all, he is CONSISTENTLY human and humane. R.I.P. dear Doctor Oliver Sacks. What an explorer you were : of healing dynamics, motorcycle pathways, the human Brain, and the struggles of the human heart to find fulfillment.
"Alas, Papa, there are no handsome young men" story of my life right there
Whatever. Nothing to do with it.
😂😂
@@johnkuipers7829, Nor Kermit the frog. Poor you are, to be so shallow in your comment.
We lost a Titan :(. Loved and continue to love Oliver Sacks' books :(
You are missed but not forgotten. Thank you for everything, Oliver, especially your compassion.
Sack's is such a brilliant speaker. Very clear, very concise and very easy to understand. Just like his writing.
couldbeblue h
I just found out that he died in 2015 and idk but I feel really sad about it.
peace or power I like that
@peace or power pass on
It's sad because we'll never hear another fascinating talk by him again what a lovely man and manner he has
Read his books to carry on his legacy-his writing is beautiful
@@francessimmonds5784 try DAVID ICKE truth vibrations.
I love how much insight he brought to these neurological issues - including the ones in his other books.
He wasn’t afraid to go against the grain of all of the misdiagnoses of others for decades.
He really listened to patients and brought his own neurological expertise to each case to find the true cause, rather than just giving a blunt and dismissed cause to each issue.
It’s because of his work that many strange cases of neurology have been resolved. Amazing work!
the best way to procrastinate - listen to Oliver Sacks :)
r.i.p. Oliver!!
Yes indeed, I should be packing to move right now!
Sacks is always such a delight. I don't understand why some people in the comments are saying that he's full of himself or doesn't know what he's talking about. There are a few things that you need to learn about science and medicine if that is what you are thinking while watching this video and that is: we don't have all of the answers, but sharing what we DO know is how we advance and inspire others in other areas to learn themselves. Not only that, but even if Sacks were to go up there and only share facts that are common knowledge in science, the fact that he is bringing awareness to a common and ignored issue (visually impaired patients being afraid to be honest about hallucinations), that is amazing in and of itself. I truly admire Sacks for his hard work as a doctor, but also his effort to make patients all over feel comfortable and to educate patients about their conditions. We need more medical professionals like him!
I love that he mentions and describes hallucinations from temporal lobe epilepsy. I have experienced that incredibly specific and it's a piercing experience to your mind. It feels like deja vu, then an aura of lights, generally leading into a seizure. Medicine wards off turning into auras, but i still feel the intense deja vu occasionally. It does get easily triggered through familiarity. Smells are super vibrant and deliberate to them.
I'd rank this as one of the top 5 TED Talks I've seen over the years. Really interesting.
Yeah, Dr Sacks is amazing.
Out of curiosity, what are your top 5 favorites?
I have this syndrome I have been dealing with the symptoms for 4 months I’m so glad I finally found the answer
“As Charles Bonnett wondered two hundred and fifty years ago, how is the theater of the mind generated by the machinery of the brain?" - Sacks
His books are amazing. The first one I read was, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. My wife said that I was saying, "Wow" about once every 5 minutes. I wasn't aware I was speaking. The book is amazing. All his work is amazing.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat fascinated me too! The way he described the different cases and the cases themself were very touching..
Lovely man. I wish all doctors were as empathic as he is.
When TED himself appears to shake hands with you, you know you did a great speach.
This man is my hero! I had read one of his books for fun, and later another of his books was required reading for a graduate-level neuroscience course I was taking.
I feel great sadness by not discovering this brilliant man early in life. He fascinated me faster than the entire years of my high school. Fascinating individual, rest in peace Mr. Sacks
He's one of those people that can tell such captivating stories, regardless of the subject. I could listen to him forever. He did sound rushed, but that's because of a time limit. Imagine him telling stories at a chosen pace.
At 14:20 I remember him speaking of new borns being able to distinguish there parents faces from others and how face cells played a part in that.
Thank you, Oliver! It was so good to see you again. I have missed you so much. I hope you are enthralling souls in the real world and learning a great deal from the wonderful souls you must have met by now.
I wish I could have found this man's work before he passed. I hope you are well, Dr. Oliver Sacks. Clearly, you have a wonderful way about you, a wonderful way of empathy where empathy cannot be had. Doesn't make much sense when I say it, but I hope I'm understood. I will have to read your work now. I am very interested.
"I hope you are well" what part of dead don't you understand?
And people cannot be "well" after they pass? Haven't you heard of the phrase "I hope he is in a better place?"
Yes and it's a fucking stupid phrase because said person is D.E.A.D!
I understand, and the 3 previous comments are terribly narrow minded.
he lives within the light and all there love him very much
Brilliant. Thank you. My partner of 15 years was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia 3 years ago. In the past 2 years she as had several small strokes affecting quite specific living functions. I looked after her for as long as I could but couldn't cope. She moved into a nursing home a year ago. I would see her often and take her out.
About 6 months ago, Joy had a major stroke. It took out about 80 to 90% of her sight, took out her legs (couldn't walk ... at all). She couldn't feed herself. And 90% of what she spoken since is unintelligible. She lights up 100% with emotion and gusto to get the words out. But still only 5 to 10% is intelligible. It frustrates her and we talk and hug about that.
In between having to work, for the past 6 months I see her 3 times a day and feed her her breakfast, lunch and dinner. After dinner, I stay until the staff put her to bed. Then jump into bed with her and give her hugs, cuddles and kisses. The best is when she also responds or even takes the initiative to give me hugs, cuddles and kisses and conversation. Over the past 3 years Joy has had maybe 50 or more hallucination episodes. 99.9% not scary. But many are like you described.
Yesterday we were outside for lunch (her in her great big comfy 4-wheeld chair) in partial sunshine and she said: "Look at that. Isn't she wonderful" - as she's staring up at the trees and sky. In a happy tone, I tell her: "Yes, its really nice isn't it. Its really wonderful". She agrees. We smile. Sometimes she sees her older brother and says hello. Addressing him by name and tone and actions as if he were really here with us "now". I say: "we must go and see Bruce sometime soon". She agrees. We smile.
Watching your very informative report has given me greater understanding. I think I can use that to put some smiles on her face. Especially when explaining your story to her. She may be suffering many health challenges but so far her mental acumen is still really sharp. She'll pick up on the facts. I'll be able to instill more self-confidence in her to help make Joy's life a little better.
Thank you for the known facts so far. I'm sure it's helped thousands of people to cope with dealing with age related health problems. Including those people as immediate family and carers and nurses and other health professionals.
Bless you for taking care of joy
He was one of the most interesting men who ever lived. His "theater of the mind" quote spoke to me. I listen to radio drama on my commute. When I look back, its as if I saw a movie. Images I see with my mind are MORE vivid and enduring than those I see.
He's wonderful. I miss his voice so much!
I worked at a memory Care facility and had a resident who had Charles bonnet syndrome. I used to love working with him. Every time he'd begin seeing these scenes I would try to draw it out so I could see it my self (I'm also an artist so this helped me tremendously drawing settings and mood) he was the sweetest man I've worked with but sadly is no longer of this world. I just hope his soul is at peace ❤
If you haven't already, read Dr. Sack's books. He's an amazing writer as well.
I have read the book "Uncle Tungsten" aaaaaa
It's amaaaaazing
What are his books you recommend ?
@@dc9482 Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, On the Move, and really any of them. He is a master of the language.
@@dc9482 I really loved "Rivers of Consciousness" when I was studying neuroscience many years ago. His writing style is very accessable and you don't have to understand complex science to enjoy it. My personal favorite is "Island of the Colorblind" bc it's mind-blowing!
Yeah, I need to read more of his books, I've only read "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hatstand". He's so articulate and engaging.
I really enjoyed this.
He lit up when he told us about the moments he was able to help and assure the people he has worked with.
I get a good honest kind vibe from him.I'm sure he merits my admiration.
RUclips suggests this to me every couple of years and I rewatch it always.
Great talk
Sara A not really, this guy really doesn’t say anything interesting at all. He basically just says some randomly very rare cases there is people that hallucinate because their brain decides to do it but they’re not crazy. I think we already knew this... How does his work help anyone?
You sound a little green are you a med student or newly qualified by any chance?
Clearly not aware how relatively unknown CBS is or how many older people in particular are misdiagnosed as having some form of dementia / psychosis and are drugged up to the eyeballs.
It isn't something everyone knows about and a large number of medical and health professionals have never heard of it either.
You may know about it but not everyone does and the "uninteresting random and very rare stories" Dr Sacks has brought to light help raise awareness, give some reassurance to people that suffer from what are terrifying hallucinations and help medical and healthcare professionals understand the difference and factor it into assessments.
Not everyone that has CBS will have any idea what's happening to them and fear they're going nuts or will be carted off to a secure unit (which has happened many times)
Learning and understanding what's going on makes a huge difference to their lives and helps them to manage their hallucinations so in that sense, this video will help them if nothing else.
John, seeing geometrical shapes, and patterns is a sign that one is on the verge of opening their third eye. I believe that this man has no idea of the spiritual side of this experience. Most people describe seeing geometrical patterns before coming into contact with demonic beings.
@@johnberner2012 I think you really need to rematch this dude
@@blackthunderbird425 Wooooh, yo dude, tell me more ?!
I've had geometric hallucinations all my life. My earliest memories are of patterns of light climbing across my vision. I see colours around borders and, if I am very tired, I do get the more 'traditional' hallucinations. Faces, yes, and sometimes around doorways - hands, feet etc. I spent most of my childhood wondering why no one else ever talked about these things and why I was always told to be quiet if I asked. When I became a teenager I assumed I must be mad. I'm 34 now. None of my visual interruptions scare me. They are fascinating. The only sad thing is that now the blotches and shapes are so numerous that it can interrupt my vision to the point that I worry about crossing roads (the car lights have a nasty habit of repeating) and of course, I will never drive. I would love to know more about these things or talk to other fellow experiencers of these kinds of hallucinations. :)
Joss Darling you sir are absolutely sane. you are totally aware of the truth. if your true vision is good,you may drive also . my story is just like yours. I am 64 and most people still attempt to shush me,or attack me,or shun me. don't matter anymore I am smarter than my enemy(ies). I would like to spend the next 35 years talking with you about this true perception. it is wilder than you can perceive at this time. my email is " mehimhe65@gmail.com if yes post here to tell me to check my mail and we will begin our adventure to the center of our minds, respectively. like I said I am old. been there. I can help you with the truth and aid you in self control,and manipulation of your environment. not control, manipulation.
A God I'd like to learn more about it
+Joss Darling, it is sad that most people don't know anything about how the brain works and may think you are crazy when you describe what you see.
On the other hand, another youtube user telling you that you should drive because it is "your true vision" is totally irresponsible, as you imply in your own comment.
If somebody suffering from brain generated visions insist that it is God or Jesus communicating with them, then it is reasonable to try to explain how the brain works. They are not crazy because of the vision, but because they interpret them in mystical ways.
I hate doctors and the financial scams with hospitals (for example, I witnessed how they make threat to old people ; pay in one week or we double the amount... and kept making more treats even as his University professor insurance were working with them). However, I would worry about your symptoms getting worst. Hopefully, it is not a growing number of glial cells displacing your neurons in the visual area (in other word, a brain tumor).
Good luck
John S I have discovered a lucid dresmstate which encompasses infinity and eternity simultaneously. the past present and future are all subject to its perspective. it is healthy for mind and body. I have been here for three years. I have not aged a day in that time. it don't stop aging it just slows it down. right this moment I know where I am in infinite synch with space and time.
John S sub to joss' channel. let's form a society where hallucinating is normal.
There is something saintly about this man. He is a superb communicator, delivering his talks with a sustained output of words that is riveting, informative and elegant. Has anyone noticed that he sounds remarkably like the late Dr. Jacob Bronowski?
Wtf this was released in 2009 why am I seeing 10 years later
Saw it years ago. Its great
And?... Why not?
Chad. I think you meant to say, why am I ONLY seeing it 10 years later, right? Completely different meaning.
probably cause you've been watching some joe rogan on psychadelics like me
Chad Hansen facts.
I like and admire Dr. Oliver Sacks so much. Just his voice alone is so melodically soothing. And he is a gentle giant who has devoted his life to helping people feel at ease. If I ever needed this kind of help, I so wish that he could sit there with me.
(I'm off to watch another video of him...)
This man is such a well-spoken, gentle and amazing fucking hero
Isa Ac Swearing was unnecessary.
Your language is fucking terrible
I agree may he be RIP, if you haven't go read his books.
@@ChrisDragotta swearing WAS necessary. You see, i needed to put emphasis on the fact that he is a FUCKING hero
@@IsaacRaps
He's a fucking beautiful man, isn't he ? I could listen to him all day. Check out Jaak Panksepp too. He has a very similar manner (and he was also a brilliant neuroscientist).
I saved this video 10 years ago. Now I'm training as a neuropsychologist, will be one in some months. And all because of a man who mistook his wife for a hat.
Thank you, Dr. Sacks. From the bottom of my heart.
The details and continuity of his talk was very well organised. A beautiful story writer. A pleasure to watch him, such a calm demeanor.
My inspiration.
I wish I had found this mans amazing work before his death. Currently listening to,any of his books I can get in audio book. His own biography is fantastic.
Im one of the temporal lobe epileptics. And i can concur, it gets unexplainably crazy. I am so glad i just found this video - i wasnt even searching for hallucinations lol!
I am meeting with a close friend that has been in the medical field for 28 years now this saturday to start discussing the documentation of my condition. Just like he said, its for the other doctors and medical field to learn more about the specific condition i have so we can help everyone in my position better their health. I am fully on board to document my experiences in order to gain furthur knowledge for the population.
That is incredibly generous & noble of you. Thank you.
Bravo. Bravo. Thank you so much for donating your time to educating me. You've sacrificed your time and your moment to edifying humanity.
I am so soothed by his voice, it's so perfect. Especially for him to be talking about such a whimsical topic
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." John Lennon
nice 👌
Beautiful quote.
"It's interesting how many things are their opposite" lennon
I dream with many others, but they are all me. I am a schizophrenic.
Becomes a circular argument with "You may say I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one"
The human brain continues to amaze me. I got hit by a car a few months ago, resulting in a traumatic brain injury. Ever since, I've been vividly dreaming about certain childhood memories I had forgotten, mostly unpleasant ones. This never happened before the accident, so it seems something was triggered in my brains. I have no evidence or knowledge to support this though, it's just my experience, but I do wonder if others experienced something similar.
R.M. R.M im also a tbi survivor i crashed on a dirtbike without a helmet causing a main artery to burst and clot in my ears and skll i have 2 titanium plates and 3 pins. I also have very very unpleasant dreams that completely take me into a different world at times ill wake up thinking im dreaming now once awake, ive also somehow managed to trigger what i call relapses but are closer to psychosis. I went a really long time thinking that i was used as a government experiment with a chip that was implanted in my brain I actually had a dream of being in third person watching doctors perform the surgery.. i have been on a difficult road and try to better understand the brain and a meaning to life, so much goes unsaid and misunderstood. I have had so many vision like dreams and coincidences that i truly believe there’s so much more
You should read his book, "The Man Wo Mistook His Wife For A Hat." It delves into such incidences - it's fascinating and quite enjoyable to read.
R.M. R.M I have been experiencing this as well. They are good memories but I get depressed over them because my life was much simpler in those days. I wish I had a time machine. Thank you for validating me that I am not crazy.
Master Sergeant you’re definitely not alone brother/sister🙏🏼. I too get sad over my memories just like you it actually pushed me to the point to where I actually admitted myself into psych-ward... that was a mistake but not at the same time. I definitely learned alot but i still to this day feel almost the same as the day i woke from my coma... mind blowing
G 777 my phycosis brought me to believe I was a government experiment with a chip. I also believe I was like Mother Nature at one point
I used to repeatedly watch this video during this past spring. My life has dramatically changed for the worst since then. I miss those sunny days.
I love Oliver Sacks so much! He's great at what he does, and knows his material through and through. I hope to one day be 1/10th as knowledgeable as him!
get high when you're young- so you can handle your highs when you are old
I'm genuinely interested as to whether this actually works. It makes a lot of sense to me; Having had plenty of drug-induced hallucinations, I feel like I'd be much less bothered if I were to have sober ones.
You have a point there....
unkleskratch as you age it takes less and less to get one high. take less and less or overdose. eventually one needs medication just to balance. so youth know this, stop getting high and start medicating for balance. balance is the only escape from the insanity of nature.
Nature is not insanity it the it is everything
Ken Green I know, insane aren't you?
What a fantastic speech.
I hallucinate shapes when I get a migraine, and I never thought it was something so common with visually impaired.
You should read the book hallucinations by Oliver Sacks. He talks about migraine hallucinations
Something I noticed when I work on big projects, especially things that require focus and creativity for long extended periods of time, I'll close my eyes due to being drained, trying to fall asleep, but still thinking of the project. That's when I start to see literally blocks like it's all cluttered and coming down and I can't think anymore. Weird stuff.
This doctor knows something more than what hes saying.
Sure does!
Yes hes not revealing all the potential influences one persons mind has
This doctor had written so many books.
Magdalena Sacco have u read any
@@zeroshade715 Oh yes. An Anthropologist on Mars, Hallucinations, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat, The River of Consciousness, Migraine, Musicophilia. There are yet more I haven't read.
I absolutely enjoyed this talk. It made my trip on the bus very enjoyable while watching on my smartphone and listening to it on wireless headphones.
REST IN PEACE, Dr. Oliver Sacks
he passed away? that's so sad.
Yeah. And this last article where he said he know he have a special cancer of eyes, and even if he was in way to die, he write an article saying : we (not himself) are all singular cause our brain and how this brain made us. For me, he still a good person. I talk a lot about him, when i teach philosophy to my student.
bugin Thanks, makes me want to take your philosophy course.
9:50 "Kermit the Frog means nothing to me!" Top 10 quotes without context
She is old, she would rather that it be a family member or another human being.
Clean your room
She likes Wile E. Cayote, that's why Kermit means nothing.
Oh wait, maybe she likes Tweety :-)
@@Mr_ToR definitely Tweety
Love hearing these talks. Especially about consciousness and exploration of the mind etc.
Beautiful, gentle, compassionate man
I am a firefighter and I once went on a call for a blind man that could see children playing in the room around him.
Sixth sense
@Scooters Videos
Lol
WAs he almost dying at the time? His dmt kicked in .
Did those children start the fire?
@@mr.h4267 interesting question
I was a domicillary carer in my previous job role and I use to look after a lady who was blind. She could only make out silhouettes and sometimes she might be able to just about tell the light was on. Her sight eventually went completely and when it did around the same time she told me she was experiencing hallucinations of an old lady, an owl and a bookcase. Like he describes these were completely irrelevant to her. I’m so astounded to have come across this video, I only wish I had stumbled upon this information previously to her experiencing this. Thank you
Sunflowers, children and dogs are another really common thing. Lilliputian people hanging out near the skirting boards is another but as you say it's weird how people with the hallucinations are kind of "meh"
We had one lady in residential care who would have bouts of hallucinations that lasted all night so she'd stay downstairs in the lounge so we could keep an eye and reassure her. Saw a small boy who came out of his skin and then another boy came out of him I imagined it like Russian Dolls versus Total Recall. Then a huge bird rocked up and ate all the boys and she was just "ooh it's just eaten them" like it was the most normal thing in the world.
Amazing how this man was so very brilliant, but explained in such a way that everyone could understand. Very special human being, Oliver Sacks. His patients were extremely lucky to have him as their doctor.
Thank you so much for this talk being available to us all. All eye specialists should ask their patients if they’re experiencing this!!!
From age 2🔥up to age 11 I went in walks in Ventura with my papa. He was blind and started out on a white and red cane, moved to a walker then to a wheelchair. I never noticed his physical declining because he talked to me like a friend since I believe, the day I was born.
Humans are Conductors, and always conducting---3 this guy reminds me of my papa.❤️
Julie Dancliff Whittemore I miss Ventura. Ty for sharing your story.
he has such a unique way of explaining and describing everything, he isnt judging any of these people, he just genuinely knows they arent mad. i wish my doctors were that understanding with me
rip💖
me too
Forever fascinated at the workings of the human mind. What a great explanation of this phenomenon!
Some Ted Talks are better than others, and some are the best.
This one is one of the best of the best.
It is mind blowing!
Sometimes brilliance is misunderstood. The human condition is not even in the infantile state of understanding...We have no idea of what is and what is not. We are simply stumbling our way through the dark...and I'm ok with it!
Well said
Love it, well said
Perfect chaos
Well said!
Tyson Dorsey
To some extent, I agree. But it is the hunger for understanding that has allowed us to achieve this state of infancy. We shall not grow lazy.
This man is so observant, and so articulate in sharing what he has observed.
Love his stories and books. He was such a lovely, simple person with a great intellect.
When I've started reading Uncle Tungsten, i was just looking for a good scientific divulgation book. I couldn't know I would be deeply absorbed into this man's soul - it is so much more than a chemistry book! I'm fascinated by this man and surprised at how many points I identified with him. I'll certainly read everything he wrote!
Thug Life points for giving a TED talk in an easy chair.
Ronin Ha! True OGs preach from their throne 😏
Oliver was the man.
It probably hurts to stand you fool, have you ever met a elder???
Not just that, seems like he's ad-libbing most of it.
@F F so everyone should just get a cookie then? Maybe you should look up the word fool, i used it very positive way.
i hope this knowledge has liberated a lot of impaired people freeing them of fear that they are going mad. God boess his soul!
i find it amazing that a 95 year old lady understands hallucinations describing what she is experiencing as-is aware of her ignorance in this matter rather than interpreting anything and she is actually worried about losing her mind curious and wanting to find a logical explanation
i hope she is still healthy and doing ok
I really like your point about withholding interpretation and simply observing. That's a concept that could be carried through many dimensions of life.... A 95 year olds wisdom
Watched this for the second time, after 2 years I think. I will come back again! Absolutely amazing and infinitely interesting!!
may he rest in peace thanks for sharing your talent with us
I’ve been playing the piano since I was three.
I’ve always hallucinated colors and nature images (suns, wind activity, storms etc.) while I play. Since I never learned to read music, the shifting colors and images seem to act as a substitute for written music.
synthesia?
Melanie! At the ディスコ
Yeah. I’ve only recently learned of synesthesia.
I work with autistic children, one of whom is a virtuoso class pianist, can’t read a note - the brain is one trippy
mechanism ☺️
I love this man. He has fascinated me since my early twenties.
So calm so well spoken always love to learn from him
when i go to sleep i close my eyes and look into the blackness and wait and soon images appear and change and its the last thing i remember and i am asleep. fun to do.
me too!
Joe Blechl lol. I do this too!!
Same.
When i listen to music n i do so i fall into all these shapes n colors, feels amazing. tried acid n shrooms before n they make it even more amazing. Also just smoking weed can intensify this. As a musician i just love this
Muscle relaxers can do this too...
I’ve read all your work, it was incredibly distressing to hear about your passing, you’ve changed my life if I’m being honest. Glad to see others had the pleasure of the same results
My mother’s Parkinson’s medication gave her hallucinations, mostly of benign people coming and going, thru a kind of curtain that sparkled when they moved thru it. She called them ‘the electric people’.
Dose the meds change the natural levels of dmt if so they are not a threatening they are the rainbow people.
@@jbeazley354 No... the meds raise dopamine and Schizophrenia is just that- too much dopamine in the brain. Parkinson's is actually the opposite. It's caused by too little dopamine. That's why Parkinson meds can sometimes make patients a little schizophrenic.
@@ss-nc2dy well my prayers to you and your family.much love.
J Beazley thank you. She died in 2011.
Thomas Wepfer She was quite helpless to do anything, weak and befuddled. She was also quite sedated.
Yes, that was brilliant and highly fascinating especially since my mother also had hallucinations in the week before her death. She was also 93.
Hallucinogenics in a controlled environment are life changing and I stand by this. About 3 years ago I did mushrooms and quite a bit more than I should have to be honest. At that point in time I was in a very bad place. Bad habits, bad everything basically. Once the trip was in full swing, I literally solved the problem with the world due to modern religion. Mind you I quit going to church when I was 14 (Pentecostal) because I seen early on the game it is. After everything was said and done I didn't drink, smoke, curse, do drugs, nore did I have the desire to do anything. You definitely tap into something while on hallucinogenics. It's a beautiful thing.
I had a hallucination of a chubby Asian man who stood at one end of my room and quickly walked towards me and reached out at me with his left hand, holding a knife. It was the middle of the night. I'm not superstitious and believe it was a hallucination. Not many fat Asian knife wielding ghosts in Ireland (unless he was after my lucky charms?). I have had eyesight trouble, optic neuritis on more than one occasion. It was an odd experience. I actually laughed about it after the hallucination disappeared.
It was me
I have hallucinated at night several times as well. I wake up still dreaming I think. One time I woke up to see my dad and brother swinging from my fan. I yelled out to leave because I was afraid they would break the fan and then fall onto me. As soon as I yelled, though, they disappeared.
it sound like sleep paralysis hallucination. I've had quite a few impressive "aggresive" type of vision while falling asleep, or waking up. it is actually quite common, and sometimes hallucination were very detailed. it did actually stopped when i learned about sleep paralysis.
i head a hearing hallucination once after i woke up
TITANSPIRIT were you Able to move? If not, it definetely is ASP (Awareness during Sleep Paralysis)
How I wish I could have met you Mr Sacks.... you ever feel like your listening to an old friend without ever meeting them? Oliver's words in radio lab were nothing short of beautiful... Rest In Peace brother.. you truly changed my life for the better.....
This man is just remarkable! I couldn't stop watching as he spoke. What a beautiful soul. 🤍💛🧡❤️♥️💙💚💛💜
My son gets these type of hallucinations . Doctor diagnosed him with sycoses . He is only 20 years old . Wish we could talk to this man for help
Hi Andrew, I never usually comment on videos, but after reading your comment I felt like you would like an answer. I can only imagine that as a parent the diagnosis of schizophrenia for your son must be so many things.. shocking, confusing, frightening... I'm a neuropsychologist and researcher that has worked with a variety of schizophrenia patients, and every patient has a different experience of their diagnosis. Firstly, do not despair! Many patients can live with their diagnosis and manage it. This leads to my second point...I don't know how your son was diagnosed, but there are quite strict criteria, so I imagine that your son may experience some disruptions in his life as a result of the hallucinations. This is one of the core criteria of schizophrenia, that the symptoms interrupt normal daily life. To better understand this, I would encourage you to seek out the many useful websites that provide education online about the disorder and what it means for your son: schizophrenia.com is a great place to start. In terms of moving forward, I would encourage you first to seek out (if possible) a psychiatrist/psychotherapist who uses a psychosocial approach to understanding their patients and offering therapy. This approach aims to understand the individual experience of your son and the context in which they happen, i.e. his social environment - family, friends, work. An important point of this is to understand his experiences as real and that you, his family and friends will play an extremely important role in terms of accepting him and his reality. The more you can help your son feel ok and that this is normal for him, the less stressing his experiences will be. Then this will also help to understand the function of his symptoms, as hallucinations and delusions often occur in connection to underlying fears and worries, especially related to childhood experiences. They serve a function, despite being 'dysfunctional'. Nevertheless, this is not always the case, so it is important to know what symptoms he has and what criteria he met to be diagnosed. This is also why I would suggest finding a a good therapist who will take time to understand the experiences of your son and help him to better understand himself. I wish you, your son and family luck in the future and hope you can find the understanding you are looking for. My main point: education is key! The more you both understand about his experiences, the better.
@Andrew Noblett I realize it has been several months since your post here, but as a parent who has a child who lives with schizoaffective disorder (and was raised by a parent who lives with paranoid schizophrenia), I would encourage you, as the doctor here mentioned, to get educated to help gain understanding. Beyond just the typical academic knowledge however, I would encourage you to check out nami.org if you haven't already. NAMI offers a unique perspective from individuals and family members of individuals who live with various brain disorders, and because they have been there and done that, they offer a perspective that scientific studies cannot offer. Not only that, but it helps knowing that others understand the challenges that come with learning to reframe your perspective and expectations of life to accept something abnormal is the new normal.
Psychoses
He was a most interesting man, I loved his books and as I have dealt with the aged and disabled all my working life , I would dearly have loved to talk to him about some of my experiences with different people. These special people can be fascinating and are often treated as NUTs unfairly. 🤷♀️
For reason I do not understand, this man's voice is relaxing and I enjoyed every bit of the video.
You should try Alan Watts then
Brilliant. Thank you, Prof...You are gone but you are still alive impacting souls.
I love Oliver and his books. He was a great person with a big big heart.