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How brain injury challenges beliefs about identity and soul

My husband's stroke changed his personality completely and I do not know if I am mourning the loss of his soul or just grieving brain damage.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Neurological changes may complicate theological understandings of consciousness, personality, and spiritual essence.

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