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Can a Physical Health Problem Change Your Personality Or Who You Are?
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| Alex |
Not talking anything mental here, I know a mental illness can COMPLETELY change you, but I'm talking something physical.
Examples are helpful so here are a few I was thinking of:
War injury or amputation of some sort.
A serious illness like cancer.
Something that has rendered your mobility useless and has landed you in a wheelchair or something of that sort.
Do you all think that a serious physical ailment can change who you are? Possibly you used to be an outgoing active person with confidence and now you've lost some or all of those qualities?
Maybe someone here has had to deal with something like this and can share their experience? |
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| Mr.Mystery |
I don't have anything that severe, but I have a condition that has limited my mobility somewhat, and will probably get worse as I get older.
I can't say it would had changed my personality, but it's definitely made me think of life in a different way. I tend to think more positively now, even though everything is only getting worse. |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
| I would be less mobile if I had to drag around that girl too:p |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| Oh, that's no longer an issue. |
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| Silky Johnson |
It most certainly can. One major nursing scholar based her whole nursing theory on the idea that the experience of illness/injury/unwellness/etc changes who a person is - and that it's part of the journey of "human becoming." And I'm sure many neuroscientists would have evidence to support it re: cognitive and neuronal changes over time correlated with illness (I use the word illness as an umbrella term). I know I've read about it in texts and medical journals, etc.
I think any person working closely with the very unwell would agree that the experience of being physically unwell changes a a person, or most people. I definitely see it in most or all of the patients I care for.
Are you connected with a social worker in your community? They can probably connect you with a person/people who have experienced or are experiencing the same thing. |
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| Vector A |
Something like 70% of people with hypermobility (weak collagen) disorder also have anxiety or panic disorder. No one really knows why yet. Brain body links are numerous and often not as obvious as, "Feels lots of pain, so gets depressed." Hey, we just discovered this year that the brain is connected by the lymphatic system to the rest of the body:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/release...50615094258.htm
Funny how that could be missed after dozens of thousands of cadaver dissections over hundreds of years. |
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| Vector A |
| quote: | | Originally posted by Edwardml |
Sweet, I was thinking of throwing a tramadol party this weekend. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| You kind of have to appreciate the semi relevant spam for once. Lol. |
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| Serial Killer |
my condition definitely left a psychological mark in me probably for the rest of my life. it's in my mind daily and it's a daily reminder for sure... sucks fo sure
| quote: | Originally posted by Silky Johnson
You kind of have to appreciate the semi relevant spam for once. Lol. |
agreed lol |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vector A
"Feels lots of pain, so gets depressed." |
Fibromyalgia. :o |
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| Salegon |
Most interesting finding for me so far this year. Now it is time to re-evaluate human neuroanatomy. |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Salegon
Most interesting finding for me so far this year. Now it is time to re-evaluate human neuroanatomy. |
Without a doubt. Possibly one of the biggest discoveries in the last 100 years.
I just read an article with one of the prominent dr's that had to verify the discovery. After having see then research he went in like there's no way this is going to pan out etc He then has them reproduce the test and he was quoted as saying "oh . We're going to have the change all the text books".
It will affect everything form the way we deal autoimmune diseases such as MS and ALS as well parkinsons and alzheimer's. |
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