Nervous System
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
You are not you
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurological disease that intervenes with the function of nerve cells in the central nervous system resulting involuntary and voluntary muscles to weaken in the process. There has many cases of the years of individuals with this disease, a good example is the famous physicists Stephen Hawking who suffers from ALS through out his life. The movie "You are not you" directed by George C. Wolfe shares the story of female pianist who's has ALS. The story plot of this movie brought to my attention the physiological and emotional challenges that the protagonist was going through. In part of her neurological disease she end her successful career as a pianist and straggles to maintain close to relatives and friends. Through the movie her state of health deteriorates and show how she is not in control of her own body no more. She relies on her caregiver who life change because of the pianist who inspired how important life is when you have good health. 
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