As a student of Psychology, I wrote many answers and views about what happens when a person is diagnosed with a long term disease. What kind of feelings, thoughts a person undergoes after getting the news for the first time. Recently, I came across a brief experience of observing the thoughts and feelings of people who are diagnosed with long term disease. And here is my observation of the same.
The first thought in the person was "why me" or "why this aafat". Suddenly other problems started looking very small for this person. He felt like the course of life has changed all of a sudden.
The next thought was to read and know about the issue. It was more of a fight response. He started having second thoughts about various other priorities. He started correlating all the symptoms with his bodily changes like memory loss or weight gain etc.
The third strand was the reprioritisation of life. The positives were like "this will discipline me". The philosophy of life also changes from "being purposive" to "Living life king size". Suddenly he started appreciating his life much more.
The fourth stream of emotion which happens after around 45 mins to one hour is seeking god's blessing and magical panacea which could relieve the person.
Overall, it was reflux and confusion of emotions. The diagnosis made him realize the importance of living in the moment and understanding the nature of destiny and fate. It even made the person more empathic and considerate of others. Overall, it was an interesting experience for me to witness these emotions and fight-flight responses and helped me also appreciate the small things in my life.
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