Her comment about her brain stem being compressed was likely an exaggeration of her situation. It was more likely that she had inflammation effecting the cranial nerves and blood supply associated with the brain stem.

I'll have to check out her story.

I checked out the TBI Survivors network. Somebody does not understand the concept of visual over-stimulation. Just because a monitor will display 16 million colors, it does not mean they all have to be used simultaneously.

The faded blue color used on NT is a very relaxing color for the visual processing system.