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John Elder Robinson On His 'Emotional Awakening'
ResumeHow would it feel to suddenly be able to understand emotions? We talk to John Elder Robinson of Springfield, Massachusetts, who describes this experience in his new book "Switched On: A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening."
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John Elder Robinson, author. He tweets @johnrobison.
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- "They say, be careful what you wish for. The intervention succeeded beyond my wildest dreams — and it turned my life upside down. After one of my first T.M.S. sessions, in 2008, I thought nothing had happened. But when I got home and closed my eyes, I felt as if I were on a ship at sea. And there were dreams — so real they felt like hallucinations."
This segment aired on April 11, 2016.