TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Beside oneself with rage: the doubled self as metaphor in a narrative of brain injury with emotional dysregulation
JO  - Journal of medical humanities
A1  - Hofstra, Jorie
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - People narrating the experience of dysregulated anger after a brain injury call upon metaphor in patterned ways to help them make sense of their situation. Here, I analyze the use of the metaphor of the doubled self in a personal narrative of brain injury, and I situate this metaphor in its cultural history by analyzing Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The Incredible Hulk as landmark moments in its development. A pattern of thought reflecting Seneca's philosophy on the incompatibility of anger with rational selfhood emerges. I discuss implications for the way we care for people struggling with post-brain-injury anger.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1041-3545
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10912-018-9546-9
ID  - ref1
ER  -