Like when someone is dying or close to death, and the doctor tells the family members that the person is "very strong" and "really wants to live?"
Obviously it doesn't mean that the sick person is actually and literally fighting against the grim reaper in suspended animation. I know that the human body is designed to protect itself against everything it encounters, but does the mind still have the capacity and will power to fight while it's in a coma?
Or do doctors just say that kind of thing to everyone just to ease the family's suffering?
2006-11-25 09:57:07 · 10 answers · asked by I Am Legend 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I think that the mind is capable of much more than we realize and that our will to live can be strong enough to overcome even comas...this is proven by the fact that people do recover from commas and recover from seeming deathly situations when no one thought they would...including the doctors.
2006-11-25 10:01:05 · answer #1 · answered by harpertara 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. For a long time, there has been work on the "death" dip, suggesting that people are less likely to die on their birthday or on a high holiday. This effect implies that people are able to "hang on" just a little longer.
Recent analysis with a huge sample (2 million people) in Switzerland showed that this is not the case. There was no effect whatsoever.
So sadly - no.
2006-11-25 10:10:42 · answer #2 · answered by Ejsenstejn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a coma a person is almost a corpse, notice I said almost. They aren't living corpses, they seem like they're half dead. However, they are only half dead. A part of them wants to live and come out of that state so the body and mind work together to fight the coma. I know it seems very spiritual, but it's my opinion.
2006-11-25 10:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by Blarhbhb 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe the mind can fight a lot.I know a lady who live threw a lot--she was in her70's and had a back operation,and after that she had a heart attack,and after she had a heart operation ,then she had a Collin infected,so she had most of it cut out,and after that she had a infection in her body.When I visit her she was out of it. I was so sure that she would not make it.This all happen in a 3 month period.She is doing OK now.She even came to my house for Thanksgiving..
2006-11-25 10:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Statistically, I would say yes. I do a lot of statistical work with those who have died. You would be amazed at how many people die just after their birthday. Some freinds who do hospice work tell me major holidays and events like wedding aniversaries or loved ones birthdays are chosen as goal dates for people who are critically ill.
On the flip side, I knew a heart surgeon who was furious that their patient told him she would die during what was a routine proceedure and she did. Everything went well, she just up and died. Really shook him up. (Hi Philidelphia, from San Fran, Remember?)
2006-11-25 10:05:10 · answer #5 · answered by NoPoaching 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it is possible. I have heard friends say a loved one wants to die, but the family members didn't want them to go. The loved one hung on until the family members let them go. Within minutes or hours, the loved one was dead.
2006-11-25 10:05:38 · answer #6 · answered by Ceci 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
miracles have happened, my Mom didn't want to die,she fought it for years, she had hypertension and congestive heart failure; the docs always said "well you better call your brother", when she would get sick meaning they thought she was gonna buy it, but she didn't, she fooled them all for a very long time, in the end she was not in a coma, she was old, but in the end, infection killed her, she was 88. she tried but the nurses killed her with their needle stabbings over and over is what I believe , plus she had no spleen to fight the infection, we cannot sue cause she was old but I know it was the nurses at Trinity in Texas that killed her.
2006-11-25 10:14:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As I found out the irritating way, there is not any "Honor" in combating. whilst i became youthful i assumed in "combat to the dying" yet after 5 teenagers and a couple of divorces I now have self assurance in "combat to stay", in basic terms combat as a final motel yet once you ought to combat, combat to stay(Win).
2016-10-17 13:12:03 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just as much as a pregnant woman can fight childbirth. It will happen...one way or another - at some time.
2006-11-25 13:54:50 · answer #9 · answered by Ms. Balls 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YUP. been there don that. Nam vet
2006-11-25 10:05:33 · answer #10 · answered by Les Gramps 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋