Rethink Question Module 44

1)   Yes I think there is a danger of “blaming the victim”, because many statistics show that people who hold positive attitudes or believes can improve the course of cancer. Patients who think more negative die earlier in average the people who think positive, because it seems that the cancer grows faster when a person does not has a positive attitude or believes.  The exact reason is vague but statistics proof this fact. For example women with chest cancer who think positive life one and a half years longer in average then women who do not believe in themselves. A reason why I think it is like this is that when a person gives up the body also stops trying to hold the body alive. When a person is positive about his or her situation the body keeps trying to fight against the disease. So in cancer the tumor cannot build as fast because the body does not let the body produce the sick cells as fast as it usually would. Because of the mentally strength the body gets stronger too and has the ability to stay alive for a longer time.

 

2)   From the perspective of a health care provider I would give the advice that the personality of someone has a huge impact on a disease of a person. I would tell them that if they think positive their chances to heal the disease are much higher then when they think negative. I would suggest them to always believe in themselves and never give up, because their mental strength makes them not feel as much pain and even improves the healing process. Of course I would encourage a type A person to become a little bit less type A, when that is possible. Because the level of stress a type A person has is much higher then the level of stress a type B person has. The stress can have immense impacts on the health of a person and the risk a person has to get a disease. Even it is good to not be a type A person it is also not good to be just a type B person. It would be good to find a good mix out of both to stay healthy.