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Susannah Cahalan

Susannah Cahalan

American writer and author

Sep 15, 2026

2:50
So let's get into it.
2:52
Ketamine, 'cause a similar part of my brain was affected.
2:56
Do- dopaminergic channels are affected by illness that I had, but specifically ketamine affects the NMDA receptor in the brain.
3:02
I wrote about that in my first book and something called the rubber hand delusion.
3:07
When you're on ketamine, doctors place a rubber hand next to your real hand, and they'll circle with a feather or do various things to it and pick it with a pen.
3:16
If you're on ketamine, most peoples tend to feel themselves in that rubber hand.
3:20
They can feel the pin prick.

15 MINS LATER

18:11
Anything in the files or her diaries, her journals that are about that time and rediscovering who she is?

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