![]() ![]() And so McGonigal, who has big blonde curls and was wearing sparkly tennis shoes to her speaking event, disclosed that she starting having suicidal thoughts. In a vicious cycle, her doctors warned her that it would be harder for her brain to recover if she stayed feeling depressed. Like many people who experience serious brain injuries, McGonigal was also feeling depressed and anxious, which only increased as she avoided doing the things that made her happy. ![]() “Obviously there was no reason to live,” she joked to the crowd she was telling her story to at the New York Public Library last week.īut it began to actually feel that way for her. Her doctor put her on cognitive rest to help her brain heal quicker, which meant for months she couldn’t read, write, work, run, drink coffee, or play video games. She was in a mental fog-unable to concentrate or remember things-and experienced headaches, nausea, and vertigo. ![]() ![]() McGonigal knocked her head against an open cabinet door and sustained a traumatic brain injury, with effects that lasted for a full year. Six years ago Jane McGonigal, the game designer and creator of several extremely popular TED talks, had what she calls a “stupid household accident” that changed her life. ![]()
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