the human mind
i just learned something new today. or rather, it isn't new. it's just that i have never registered it in my mind before.
what am i talking about? well, it's actually just the belief that the mind is a very strong factor in a person's life, and i'm typing with regards to the lecture i had earlier this evening on Mind Over Stress.
the lecturer just gave us an idea of how strong a person's mind could be. so strong that it could play a very significant role in our daily lives, and even in the aspect of multiple personality (or what most people know as split personality).
a simple example, a healthy person being told that chemotherapy is going to be administered on him/her. and the person is also being briefed on what he/she will have to expect physically and mentally. in actual fact however, chemotherapy was not carried out on the person. instead, he was just being administered with saline treatment, which would not cause, for example, hair loss. however, simply because he was telling himself mentally that "yes, i am going through chemotherapy. chemotherapy makes one loss hair. yes, i'm going to lose my hair." and true enough, he started losing hair. such is the power of the human mind.
how does the mind play a role in people who experience multiple personality? it may sound kind of exaggerating but i believe it is true. a person who suffers from torture to his external body may one day experience dissociation. dissociation refers to the person's mental separation from his external body, and starting to fantasize him/herself as another person in another world at the same time, so much so that, there could even be incidences whereby the physiological aspect of this person could be in two different extremes! for example, in reality this person is short-sighted and needs to wear his spectacles to see clearly. on the other hand, in his own fantasy world, he has totally perfect eyesight! it's simply so amazing because these two are the exact same person we're talking about. it's just wonders that our mind can affect us mentally.
there were many examples given by the lecturer, which actually jolted me and had me started thinking how i always tell myself, "oh shit, this semester is hell. i'm gonna suffer another 4 more months of hell." i think it's time i stop telling myself such demoralizing things and buck up for this semester.
11 more such mondays to go. every monday is 8.30am - 8.30pm and it's kinda dreadful to have to have such long days. it's not that i want to doze off during the elective class at 5.30pm but i'm just so tired out. and i'm typing this whole entry with my eyes half closed and my brain fully shut down. another day full of lectures tomorrow... yawnnn
what am i talking about? well, it's actually just the belief that the mind is a very strong factor in a person's life, and i'm typing with regards to the lecture i had earlier this evening on Mind Over Stress.
the lecturer just gave us an idea of how strong a person's mind could be. so strong that it could play a very significant role in our daily lives, and even in the aspect of multiple personality (or what most people know as split personality).
a simple example, a healthy person being told that chemotherapy is going to be administered on him/her. and the person is also being briefed on what he/she will have to expect physically and mentally. in actual fact however, chemotherapy was not carried out on the person. instead, he was just being administered with saline treatment, which would not cause, for example, hair loss. however, simply because he was telling himself mentally that "yes, i am going through chemotherapy. chemotherapy makes one loss hair. yes, i'm going to lose my hair." and true enough, he started losing hair. such is the power of the human mind.
how does the mind play a role in people who experience multiple personality? it may sound kind of exaggerating but i believe it is true. a person who suffers from torture to his external body may one day experience dissociation. dissociation refers to the person's mental separation from his external body, and starting to fantasize him/herself as another person in another world at the same time, so much so that, there could even be incidences whereby the physiological aspect of this person could be in two different extremes! for example, in reality this person is short-sighted and needs to wear his spectacles to see clearly. on the other hand, in his own fantasy world, he has totally perfect eyesight! it's simply so amazing because these two are the exact same person we're talking about. it's just wonders that our mind can affect us mentally.
there were many examples given by the lecturer, which actually jolted me and had me started thinking how i always tell myself, "oh shit, this semester is hell. i'm gonna suffer another 4 more months of hell." i think it's time i stop telling myself such demoralizing things and buck up for this semester.
11 more such mondays to go. every monday is 8.30am - 8.30pm and it's kinda dreadful to have to have such long days. it's not that i want to doze off during the elective class at 5.30pm but i'm just so tired out. and i'm typing this whole entry with my eyes half closed and my brain fully shut down. another day full of lectures tomorrow... yawnnn
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