Meehan Crist: My mother's brain
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2013
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
When Meehan Crist was a child, her mother hit her head. It was only as an adult that she discovered that her mother was covering up something far more serious: something called rather ironically a "mild traumatic brain injury." Find more from The Story Collider here: http://storycollider.org/
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.8 | Is NYU a scientist? |
| 0:06.5 | I felt. |
| 0:07.6 | And I just thought, well. |
| 0:10.5 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:12.8 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:27.5 | Hey, everyone. Hi everyone, I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, |
| 0:30.9 | where we bring you true stories of how science has affected people's lives. |
| 0:33.6 | This week's story is from me and Christ. |
| 0:41.3 | The story was recorded in November 2012 at the Jerome L. Green Space in New York City as part of a partnership with Studio 360. |
| 0:44.3 | The theme of the event was Memory. |
| 0:58.0 | So I used to do some babysitting, and there was one day I was going to pick up this little girl and her sister. And we're driving home and she's sitting next to me in the car. |
| 1:01.0 | And she's very quiet and this is not like her. |
| 1:04.0 | And so I say, Emily, is there something wrong? Are you okay? |
| 1:08.0 | And she looks very serious and she's very quiet. And she says, |
| 1:12.6 | can I ask you a question? I'm like, yeah, you can ask me a question. You know, what's your question? |
| 1:18.9 | And she says, I'm really worried about growing up. What if I forget who I am right now? And I'm like, |
| 1:26.9 | oh my God, I know. I think about this all the time. And I'm like, oh my God, I know. |
| 1:28.3 | I think about this all the time. |
| 1:30.3 | And I'm just like, I want to pull the car over and crack open a beer |
| 1:33.3 | and just like get into this with her. |
| 1:35.3 | And she's in first grade, so I don't. |
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