Shankar Vedantam

Have you found a way to not feel invisible or to help others feel seen?

If you have a story or a question you would like to share with the Hidden Brain audience, please find a very quiet room and record a voice memo on your phone.

Two or three minutes is plenty.

Email it to us at feedback at hiddenbrain.org.

Use the subject line, invisible.

When we come back, remarkable stories about the healing power of nature.

Blood psychologist Mark Berman returns to the show to answer listener questions about our relationship to the great outdoors.

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I'm Shankar Vedantam.

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Some time ago, we invited listeners to share stories about their experiences with nature.

One person who responded was a woman named Stephanie.

She told us about a time when she was 18 and got into a serious car crash.

Stephanie was driving and her boyfriend was in the passenger seat.

They were both flung from the car.

Stephanie broke five vertebrae in her back, but recovered from her injuries.

Her boyfriend was paralyzed.

His neck was broken.

Sometime later, Stephanie found herself in a cafe.