Brain aneurysms can be fatal and sometimes debilitating, and, in most cases, there are not many ways to prevent them. But a local group is working to raise awareness about the warning signs and symptoms.

For Carly Nunn, surviving a brain aneurysm has been a long road.

“I was very, very scared, afraid, not knowing what was happening,” Nunn said.

Eight years ago, Nunn was a college student at the University of Cincinnati when she began to feel something was wrong.

“I started feeling kind of off and weird, and it eventually led to me losing all feeling in the right side of my body,” she said.

Nunn said her roommate, a nursing student, acted quickly to get her medical help.