At what point do we begin to die?

Question

At what point, at what stage or in what situation, do we begin to die? I am not talking of our physical form as in physical death but rather emotionally and mentally. Also what would happen if one were to die emotionally, could one be 'reborn' as a different emotional person?

Secondly, or physical bodies require three things to maintain us, water; food and air. Is there a similar set of requirements needed for or emotional and mental health and life? If so what?

And finally, If there is a required set of inputs for our emotional and mental health, is it possible to provide, like a patient in a hospital would be fed by introvenous and nasogastric tubes and allowed to breath by respirators, is there a way to feed those most at risk from emotional and mental death what they require? If so how?

Please explain your answers to one or all of these questions.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The point at which the mental capacity of an induvidual begin to wane depends on a number of factors, both physical and non-physical. Perhaps their are blessed with a good memory or cursed with a bad one, like myself. Or perhaps they burn themselves out, trying to take on too much at once, as the world of today is so passionate about accomplishing. It has been scientifically proven that the mind can be made and kept sharp through exertion of mental thought, meaning simply that if you want to become and stay a knowledgable person, you must practice taking in, searching for, and retaining knowledge to make it so, and continue to do it to make sure you stay that way. So, it depends on the induvidual mostly.

As to emotions, people can become more inclined to certain emotions with they type of life they live, or their emotions can be muted by the type of life they led in the past and what kind of obstacles they face now. I'd like to think that emotions work like the brain does: the more you express a certain emotion, the more inclined you become to express it again. Again, the concept of induvidual preference comes into play. If a person near death wants to mope over their misfortune or things they've done or didn't get to do, then their emotions can rot along with their body or mind. But I know an old man, my grandfather Bobby, who was a happy soul when I first met him, is still a happy soul living, and, I'm sure, will be a happy soul even after he dies. In contrast, a teenager who feels that the world is treating him unfairly might decide that it is better not to feel anything, just to make the pain go away, and so he is emotionally dead. It has nothing to do with his physical or mental condition, but with his life and how others try to treat him.

To summerize, life helps influences the path the mind and the emotions take along with the body. However, one can choose whether one wants to be happy, depressed, or angry or even dead when one wants to be.

I myself would love to think that one whose emotions fade away can be reborn to be a better induvidual. I understand that it is easier to stop being an angry person and be a happy person than it is to do the same when one feels nothing at all. The question that I believe you are truly asking is how can one bring to life an emotional being from nothing at all, especially when that nothing at all used to be a completely different person?

Answer 2

Emotionaly we begin to die when we give up on life. Mentally we begin to die through physical changes in the electro-chemical activity of our brains. Synapses do not fire correctly or at all. Nerve cells fail to regenerate and our brain begins to die. The only other type of "mental death" I am aware of would be in the event of a physical injury to the brain causing total amnesia. Your mental capacity is reset to the time of your birth and that is usually a non-recoverable situation, because your brain was pre-programmed to learn certain things at certain times in your physical development. Once that time is gone the capacity for relearning those things is gone forever. Emotional death is probably not quite as permanent as physical death and yes, if you were "reborn" you would most certainly be different, since your emotional makeup is based on all the experiences, both good and bad, of your entire lifetime. If you had to start over again, you could never hope to repeat all those experiences again, so you could never be anything other than a different person.

I believe that for emotional and mental health the three requirements are Love , Hope, and Thought. The first two seem overly simplistic until you consider that without Love there can be no Life, and without Life, there can be no Love. Hope is a basic requirement to both emotional and mental health. Most if not all suicides say they feel "hopeless" at some point before killing themselves. Thought means actual THINKING about any subject, not merely the daily noise generated by random activity of the brain. "Mental exercise" if you will.

To answer you final question, yes, there are things that can be done to feed the mental and emotional health of an individual. Studies have indicated that, for example, Alzheimers patients respond to having a pet to care for as long as there is someone else to step in if needed to keep the animal from being neglected. Dolphins have been used to reach Autistic children. Again the Love factor comes in to play here. Medicaly certain herbal remedies have also shown promise in helping with mental acuity.

Answer 3

Great superb question!!

We begin to die the moment we start losing hope due to lack of self confidence. Self confidence giving hope is the emotional lifeline for us.

In my view, the three supports to emotional lifeline which can be externally helpful are

1. success events

2. Empathy, understanding and appreciation of those who matter in our life

and

3. Love and positive attitude of the near and dear.

However, the external support can work only when the state of emotional decay is initial and preliminary and not resulting from a trauma sort of event. Otherwise, there is no option but to get professional psychiatric help to change own mindset which has gone irretrievably negative in the late stage of emotional death or traumatic emotional failure.

Hope this makes sense.

Answer 4

At any time or stage in life. It is like gravity in a way. What goes up must come down. Or the ocean waves, a cycle.
2- A different emotional person? I would call it a different energy, not a different person.
3-Requirements? That is the fun part for us all. Because each person, mind, body, and soul requires what is fit for them in their life.

Answer 5

We begin to die when we believe in critizisms or made fun of, when we feel sad or depressed. Yes, I believe a person can be reborn emotionally, when they realize who they are and don't believe all the negative things that others have said or what they have been told. Yes, there are emotional requirements that make us strong. Some find it in religion, others become spiritual.

Answer 6

we begin to die when we no longer find joy in life.. when we give up.. lack desire.. just go through the motions of life without really experiencing anything..

i think the requirements needed for mental/emotional health are.. social support, the ability to express and communicate how we feel, smiling, and i personally require a lot of music..

i think the only way to "feed" those sort of people is knowledge..

Answer 7

I would imagine we would begin to die emotionally if we witness a trauma, or something catastrophic happens to us , if someone dies,etc. It would take great effort, but I think a person can change his or her emotional personality, if they explored every part of their mind first.
As for your last questions, simply discussing one's emotional health can significantly improve that person's psyche. But there isn't any physical way we can change a person's emotional health, It would be spectacular if there was

Answer 8

the moment we fear and we reason ,it is the beginning of the end . Just this question and you have started the process . Emotionally , yes ,now . Physically - when emotions cripple your body. Live for now .

Answer 9

i think of on your late 60s and early 70s. by ability of that component the final public of people have wrinkled pores and skin, their immune gadget is susceptible and their bones are transforming into weaker. they'd be unwell or have diabetes, severe blood rigidity and severe ldl cholesterol. Or the different deadly affliction you do no longer die from properly suited away.

Answer 10

The moment you give up.

and to the second:
I think the things you need mentally is Love, friendship, and joy. because your life would pretty much suck with out it.

3th. yeas I think there is, by training the doctors, etc, to be friendly and show compassion and make you smile every now and then.