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Psychology Today – The Inflamed Brain (September)

By Laura Ryan

The lucky, unlucky one. That is what my mom always calls me. The chances of developing autoimmune encephalitis, inflammation of the brain caused by the immune system in error, were thought at the time to be roughly the same as winning the lotto—except I didn’t win the lotto, and I certainly did not feel lucky.

As more time passes since my battle with autoimmune encephalitis, I have started to realise what my mom really meant. Although I was most certainly unlucky having developed AE, I was also lucky.

Click  The Lucky, Unlucky One: An Odyssey with Encephalitis | Psychology Today  to read the full blog by Laura whose autoimmune encephalitis ultimately changed the course of her life down the route of science, research, and healthcare as a passion and career.

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