Posted by Ted on October 29, 2000, at 19:18:09
In reply to Hypothesis based on cancer research., posted by pullmarine on October 29, 2000, at 16:08:15
John,
> According to Mark Lippman, Director of Georgetown U. Lombardi Cancer Center,: 'people ... who are the most compliant, the most accepting of what their doctor told them- and frankly, the most god fearing- had ... the worst prognosis, whereas those... who were angry, not accepting, wanting to fight, did the best.
A non-objective data point: When I was in the hospital 18 months ago, I and one young woman were the only ones who seemed to me to be really *fighting* our mental illness. When she left, she was in excellent shape. When I left, I wasn't quite so good, but my condition improved rapidly. I happened to be back there 6 months ago, 1 year after my stay, and I noticed about 75% of the same people in the outpatient group. They were the ones who seemed to not want to try, and many of them were rather religious (praying before group therapy, etc.)Ted
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