If someone gets very ill like cancer for example, if that person gives up on life even with 50/50 chances of survival..
but decides that it isn't worth fighting or that they just dont want to live- is it true that this will aggravate the illness or that they will most likely just die - instead of "clinging to life" so to speak like other's who do want to live? How important do you think the mind is when it comes to illness and things like this?
3 Answers to "If someone gets very ill like cancer for example, if that person gives up on life even with 50/50 chances of survival.."
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I think the power of will is very strong on the human body, and some stories are truly extraordinary. It is pretty amazing what our bodies can do, and how a positive outlook can have. Take Michael Douglas and his cancer. He had stage iv cancer which is pretty well the end of the line, but he kept a positive outlook and "beat" it. We know very little about the brain, and I believe a positive outlook can accomplish very great things.
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Ok Pal.....let me give you a few things I know...and some I believe.....
First, your speaking of "The will to live"....
Do I think its a real "thing" with real results...Yes! Can I "prove it", No but neither can anyone else.....but I can led examples such as my Gandmother dying and married to my Grand father for 71 years....3 weeks later he died to...We all saw it in him that when the wife died, part of him went too....
Everything we do, put in our bodies everything....! Our moods..etc..affect the cells in our body....If in a good mood a lot, endorphines are released from the brain....this is good....and good for the immune system...
Many studies were done on people like me (slap stick, cut up clowns) and people like my ex wife (always depressed).....More times than not....those depressed subject got more colds, flu etc.....
Guys like me hardly at all.....
So to your question, and trying not to turn this into a novel...I think if you really throw the towel in on your life, yep....You may not go "today" but, faster than a person with a good attitude
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Posted by Idonwannadie Aug 19th, 2012 at 10:04PM
It is a complex effect. Having a positive look on the outcome, seems to speed up the healing process. The how and why are quite a mystery though.
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