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The Social and Emotional Toll of Narcolepsy
Mehta, Rutvik Jiwanji, Mariyah Singhal, Rashi Gillam, Emily Lockwood, Kathryn
Mehta, Rutvik
Jiwanji, Mariyah
Singhal, Rashi
Gillam, Emily
Lockwood, Kathryn
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2021-05
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Psychology and Neuroscience
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http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/7139
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Normally, turning on the light in your house is as easy as flipping a switch. Now, imagine if the light didn’t work properly. Imagine that flipping a switch on or off meant guessing if the light would turn on or off, or just flicker. Not knowing what your light is going to do at any moment would severely limit your ability to function in your house and would be exhausting, frustrating, and very disrupting. For people with narcolepsy, this is an everyday reality. The light represents the brain of a person with narcolepsy, as they can feel tired or awake at any time, not knowing when sleep will attack. Although the physiological effects of narcolepsy are well-known and studied more, the social and emotional toll is not talked about as much but can have equally devastating and life-altering effects.
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Mehta, R., Jiwanji, M., Singhal, R., Gillam, E., Lockwood, K., & Quarmley, M. (2021). The Social and Emotional Toll of Narcolepsy. Grey Matters, 1, 36-39.
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Available at: https://greymattersjournaltu.org/issue-1/the-social-and-emotional-toll-of-narcolepsy
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Grey Matters, Iss. 1, Spring 2021
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