12 Sep 11
On NPR this morning...
On NPR this morning, during breakfast, I listened to a lengthy report on findings from a recent study of "dying behavior" in general and specifically the "pronounced behavior patterns of terminally ill patients". Summary: 1) Though there are notable exceptions of rage, human beings attempt to turn a page and clean up their act when they know the end is near. 2) An attempt is made to make a biographical statement to position their entire lives positively in the eyes of those they love. Your thoughts?
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12 Sep 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyYou do "look at your life" that's for sure.
[b]On NPR this morning...
On NPR this morning, during breakfast, I listened to a lengthy report on findings from a recent study of "dying behavior" in general and specifically the "pronounced behavior patterns of terminally ill patients". Summary: 1) Though there are notable exceptions of rage, human beings attempt to turn a page and clean up t ...[text shortened]... o position their entire lives positively in the eyes of those they love. Your thoughts?
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13 Sep 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyDid they have any insight to those who would tend to react with anger? Is it a trait or a personality type that might react in this manner?
[b]On NPR this morning...
On NPR this morning, during breakfast, I listened to a lengthy report on findings from a recent study of "dying behavior" in general and specifically the "pronounced behavior patterns of terminally ill patients". Summary: 1) Though there are notable exceptions of rage, human beings attempt to turn a page and clean up t ...[text shortened]... o position their entire lives positively in the eyes of those they love. Your thoughts?
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13 Sep 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyIt's pretty much all they have left at that point. Naturally they want to be seen in the best light possible. People like Pol Pot went to his grave totally convinced he was right in everything he did including killing millions of his own countrymen.
[b]On NPR this morning...
On NPR this morning, during breakfast, I listened to a lengthy report on findings from a recent study of "dying behavior" in general and specifically the "pronounced behavior patterns of terminally ill patients". Summary: 1) Though there are notable exceptions of rage, human beings attempt to turn a page and clean up t ...[text shortened]... o position their entire lives positively in the eyes of those they love. Your thoughts?
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I guess people like Hitler had a hard time with the dying thing, driven to suicide.
Of course those are the extremes in human behavior so the average joe or jill will tend to put things right so to speak, maybe forgive those who slighted them and such.
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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby8 years ago, in a span of 8 months, I "lost" 2 brothers-in-law to inoperable brain cancer (both only 47 years old). Each reacted differently. The first to succumb spent his time left doing "fun things" with his family so they'd have happy memories. The second spent his time being angry. I was at the seconds bedside when he passed away (it took hours although he was 'not there'😉 and I couldn't but think, "I wonder if he's now regretting not doing what the first had done".
Sounds as if you've been at a few bedsides and have witnessed 'the findings' first hand.
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13 Sep 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI was thinking of the last moments of Isaac Asimov, he was in and out of consciousness but just before his last moment he said 'I AM Isaac Asimov!'.
[b]On NPR this morning...
On NPR this morning, during breakfast, I listened to a lengthy report on findings from a recent study of "dying behavior" in general and specifically the "pronounced behavior patterns of terminally ill patients". Summary: 1) Though there are notable exceptions of rage, human beings attempt to turn a page and clean up t ...[text shortened]... o position their entire lives positively in the eyes of those they love. Your thoughts?
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I guess he was wondering if he would lose it so totally he would not know who he was at the end.
13 Sep 11
Originally posted by sonhousePoor soul. Name tags are hardly required in eternity.
I was thinking of the last moments of Isaac Asimov, he was in and out of consciousness but just before his last moment he said 'I AM Isaac Asimov!'.
I guess he was wondering if he would lose it so totally he would not know who he was at the end.
14 Sep 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyYou give names short shrift, but they are in fact the gateway to everything about a person. Cognitive psychology has spent years revealing that when you mention someone's name you 'activate' (make available to preconscious and conscious awareness) all of the knowledge that you have about that person. It's as if the name stands as a proxy for your entire cognitive schema about the thing being named (person, place, animal, whatever). So to say that names are just "tags" ignores a fundamental aspect of human psychology, which is that language has organised our brains in such a way that easy assimilation and accumulation of information occurs precisely because we can attach a label to the things that we encounter.
Poor soul. Name tags are hardly required in eternity.
14 Sep 11
Originally posted by kyngjHorizontally, of course, Within the post my perspective was vertical.
You give names short shrift, but they are in fact the gateway to everything about a person. Cognitive psychology has spent years revealing that when you mention someone's name you 'activate' (make available to preconscious and conscious awareness) all of the knowledge that you have about that person. It's as if the name stands as a proxy for your entire ...[text shortened]... nformation occurs precisely because we can attach a label to the things that we encounter.