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Old 04-17-2015, 07:20 PM #1
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Default LOST TV series and aphasia

So I had to share something I found while going through the "Lost" television series on Netflix:

I have demonstrated to my doctors that I have had a difficult time verbalizing my thoughts sometimes and/or when I was working verbalizing my analysis of information. But I discovered while I couldn't put it into words verbally . . . I could write it!!

My doctors all looked at me and said some version of: "Hmm, that's interesting. I have never seen that."

Well, the doctors might not but the WRITERS of the television series LOST aren't strangers to the concept...

In the final season, in the episode titled "The Package," the character Sun (who is native Korean) hits her head, and while she is able to understand English spoken to her, she can't SPEAK it.

As another character, Miles, sarcastically says: "Wait, let me get this straight. She hits her head and suddenly can't speak English. Are we supposed to believe that???"

(How many of us have had to deal with that kind of attitude from people??)

Sun is diagnosed with aphasia. What's even more interesting? They discover that Sun can still WRITE in English even when she can't speak it.

I know this may seem like a silly tidbit but I wanted to share it with you guys. No one else I know seemed to care . . .

But when you have been dealing with so much skepticism from people, it is nice to see that these things are recognized. . . . Because it was on TV it MUST be real then, right??
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