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1. Why would patients locked-in for years be "generally happy"? Any theories? 2. Did the fMRI people (see top comment) respond similarly as happy?
by dmichulke 10y ago
1. Why would patients locked-in for years be "generally happy"? Any theories?
2. Did the fMRI people (see top comment) respond similarly as happy?
- fsiefken 10y ago1. Survival instinct? Perhaps man's search for meaning (Frankl) in the most dire situations? Realizing that being depressed about the situation will not help you and you make a conscious decision to accept the situation and be happy and find meaning within it's constraints. Perhaps because of the dominant western worldview people are inclined to view these locked in people who are the apex of the 'poor man' as being miserable and weak (See Andrei Plesu's article 'The Splendour and Misery of Humanism') http://www.fonselders.eu/wp-content/uploads/docs/I_am_a_European_citizen_-_Europe,_humanism_and_Andrei_Plesu_1-5-2008.pdf http://www.fonselders.eu/wp-content/uploads/docs/I_am_a_Euro...
- petra 10y agoThere's some research indicating that music can induce positive emotions in comatose patients. Maybe other stuff like having family visits , watching TV(?) Can do the same . The main problems I thought they should have is isolation - but maybe one sided family/nurse visits is enough to deter that ? And also no control - but this doesn't necessarily leads to depression if you learn to accept it, and if the environment is good.