That's so beautiful and deep.

No one knows how he would deal in such a situation and cope with it, some would give up or even kill themselves, other fight to come back.

Being able to reflect on that traumatic experience in such a calm and thoughtful process is inspiring.

Side note, could it be possible that the 'inner voice', which the author lost during a while is what separate us from animals ?

She mentions being at peace, calm without it. Not thinking about the past nor the future, just present.

I kept thinking this experience made her behave just like an animal : can't speak, extremely limited thought process, basic instinct. Is that what separate us from ape ? A small part of the brain that gives consciousness.

Edit: author seem to have written a book called 'a stitch of time', if you enjoyed the reading.

> A small part of the brain that gives consciousness.

Not to get too tangental, but it was common thought at one time to think the brain is the center of consciousness. However, I have come across new data [1] that has convinced me that consciousness is entirely a full-body experience. According to the definition of some, consciousness might not even be a binary state, but rather a property of our universe like heat.

[1] Found this video on this site, and I found it to be a fascinating discussion if you have the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8iFtaltX-s

She didn't only lose her inner voice but the capacity to communicate and understand language properly. She also lost a lot of other, harder to detect, stuff. She also writes that she was capable of complex thought, just in a different way. There are people naturally without an inner speech who can think just as well.

The Calm she speaks about is something else, it may be similar to animals or it may not but I doubt it was only caused by her loss of speech.