Love can come in the most curious forms.
In his latest book ‘Hallucinations’, Oliver Sacks tells a story about his patient, Gertie C., who suffers intense visual hallucinations as a result of Parkinson’s postencephalictic disease – or ‘frozen’ disease (as described in Sacks’ book and film ‘Awakenings’).
Sometimes frightening, sometimes funny, hallucinations are an offshoot of the disease which is thought to be due to a build up of proteins in the parts of your brain that deals with sight and movement.
After some distress at her visualisations, Gertie decides to submit to the oddities her brain conjures, and embrace the experience instead…
In the form of a hallucinatory gentleman caller.
Every night, he arrives faithfully on her doorstep with flowers, presents, love and warm companionship.
Who says love isn’t real?
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