After watching the movie on Micheal J Fox do you think it is possible for the biological effects of a disease to be slowed due to an environmental factor such as optimism? Why?
After watching Micheal J Fox and his struggle with Parkinsons disease showed me that a disease can be slowed due to enviromental factors. While I watched the movie I noticed that he never once showed a sign of depression or frustration with his disease. He has accepted it and I think the fact that he isnt letting the disease affect him more than what it already is he slows the effects of it. It is easy for someone to be depressed and frustrated with a disease like that but I think once you let your disease defeat you, it will consume you and make you so much worse. So the fact that Micheal Fox is not letting the disease consume him has not made it as bad as it could be.
I think Micheal J Fox is an inspiration to many people. Seeing how serious of a disease he has to live with, he has not even began to let it get the best of him. He maintains a completely optimistic attitude and not once did he let his disease affect who he is. His optimistic attitude seems like it makes things so much easier on him instead of being pessimistic and letting the disease affect him. It definitely shows us that putting things in an optimistic perspective can make things so much easier. It definitely proves that the environmental factors can change the biological effects of a disease.
I believe that when people are sick they are sad because they feel like there is no way to feel good. In their minds they think that there is something wrong with them, so they can never enjoy life. In a sense, this could make it worse. They think it's getting worse because they see nothing good about being sick. Some people, who find joy in other things, such as God, they don't look at their sickness as a negative thing. They see that although they are sick they still have something good or can still be happy about something. Michael J. Fox is a great example of this. Although he is not a Christian, he is still happy about his life although he lives everyday in a depressing situation. He found that while he was in Bhutan he was happier and his symptoms decreased. Nothing actually disappeared but it did decrease. This is a good example of what mental processes can effect your physical needs. Michael is happy because of his environment. Everyone surrounding him was happy all the time; they found the joy in life. A optimistic attitude can definitely effect your sickness, and can make you feel better because you stop focusing on what is wrong with your body, and began to focus on what is around you and they ones that you have and you love.
I think a persons outlook on a disease they have can have a positive or negative effect on their life and theur disease.Some people get depressed amd let the sickness take over their life and eventually they wither away and die. Other people do not let their sickness take over their life or put their lives on hold. Like Michael J Fox, they become optimistic. bY doing this, i think they do not let the disease consume their body, or even consume who they are.
I think that when people have an uncurable disease such as Parkinson's, they usually have the attitude that they hate their life now and they just want it to be over or they look at the positive perspective and try to live life to the fullest while carrying these burdens on their back like Michael J. Fox. So I think it is not possible for the biological effects of a disease to be slowed due to an environmental factor such as optimism but it does help your life if you are more possitive about it.
While I was watching this I saw that Michael J Fox did not have one negative look on his disease. He has an optimistic view on Parkinson's disease. Having an optimistic view on an incurable disease i think can slow the effects of the disease because not having stress would allow the body to have more energy. Since he has a positive view on his life it makes it look easier on what he has to fight. Most people that have an incurable disease do not have a positive outlook on life. They have stress and depression in their life. Being an optimist gives them the strength and the focus to keep moving on.
When I was watching the movie, I was thinking why Michael could be so happy, even knowing that this disease was significantly speeding up his time here on earth. It puzzled me because I, and many other people, suffer from small bits of “depression” that control our lives, and slow us down. I think that being positive during a crisis or disease, could easily make it better, or calm down the pain. My grandma is going through cancer and kemo and she is a very nice, loving, and optimistic lady, and I believe that is going to help through the whole time.
I believe that having an optimistic outlook on life can help your health. Most people who are diagnosed with a disease don’t usually have a positive attitude. However Michael J. Fox is a very optimistic person which I believe helps with his disease. While watching the documentary I noticed that he never got down on himself even while he was on the golf course and hit a bad shot. When he went to Bhutan his symptoms got better and he didn’t need to take his medicine. I believe that the environment helped. It helped him focus on happiness and not on his disease which would help him feel better.
Throughout this movie, Michael J Fox showed his determination to not let his disease slow him down or put a damper on his life in any way. He never once complained or grouched because he couldn’t do something because of his Parkinson’s. The only time he ever mentioned his disease, he was telling people that he wasn’t going to let it control his life, and that it was apart of him. I do believe that your attitude or an environmental factor such as optimism can help or slow the biological affects of a disease such as Parkinsons. I feel like if people dwell over the bad in their lives, or what is wrong with them, it will consume their life. They won’t be able to enjoy what they have in front of them because they are to busy complaining about the things they can’t do or wanted to do but never had the opportunity. With Michael, it was different thought. He knew what his disease was doing to him, but he chose to look past that. He chose to take what was in front of him and enjoy what was given to him. He see’s his disease as a blessing. I do believe that your attitude and environmental factor can help or hurt you when dealing with a disease or sickness, its all about how look at it.
After watching the movie with Michael J. Fox, I do not think I can honestly say I believe a natural and biological disease can be slowed due to one’s environment. I believe with optimism and other environmental aspects your attitude can change and make the effects of your disease less simply because you do not let it effect you very much. I think one can try to live their life as positively as they choose which makes the problems they are having seem less trivial because they put less emphasize on them. However to say that what your body is going through due to a disease will be less because of one’s optimism is definitely pushing it in my opinion.
I learned as a child that a positive and fighting heart is a heart that will need something very powerful to bring it down. Our bodies have a tendency to show reactions to our moods. If someone literally wants to give up on life their body itself,biologically, will start to give up. If one has a more positive approach then I believe people definitely have a better chance of overcoming illnesses. That does not mean with the right attitude that one can escape death but it means that they are much more likely to fight through and possibly stall it or even totally escape it from time to time. In michael j foxs case he isnt escaping it by any means but their is no doubt that something is keeping him in this war and it is, without a doubt, his genuinely optimistic heart.
Yes I think that optimism can slow a disease just as it can affect other negative things. Scientists have been experimenting (for awhile) on if happiness can extend someone's life and it seems that it can, if only a little, so why couldn’t incredible optimism slow a disease down? Because Michael J. Fox shows so much optimism his disease seems to not affect him as much as the same disease can affect other people. I mean i don’t think that optimism will cure every little thing, but it can reduce your stress which in turn can increase your value on life in a sense. So i think that environmental factors can affect you in many ways I think its a little far fetched to say that it can cure a debilitating disease.
I do not believe that being optismist slows down your symptoms or even cures it. I beleive that dieseses are a "physical/body"type of thing. Either you have it and there is a cure for it or you have it and there is not cure for it. Being an optimist like Michael fox isnt a bad thing. I changes your attitude completely. Thats the good part. It makes you see the light even though darkeness is surrounding you. But as far as
After watching Micheal J Fox and his struggle with Parkinsons disease showed me that a disease can be slowed due to enviromental factors. While I watched the movie I noticed that he never once showed a sign of depression or frustration with his disease. He has accepted it and I think the fact that he isnt letting the disease affect him more than what it already is he slows the effects of it. It is easy for someone to be depressed and frustrated with a disease like that but I think once you let your disease defeat you, it will consume you and make you so much worse. So the fact that Micheal Fox is not letting the disease consume him has not made it as bad as it could be.
ReplyDeleteI think Micheal J Fox is an inspiration to many people. Seeing how serious of a disease he has to live with, he has not even began to let it get the best of him. He maintains a completely optimistic attitude and not once did he let his disease affect who he is. His optimistic attitude seems like it makes things so much easier on him instead of being pessimistic and letting the disease affect him. It definitely shows us that putting things in an optimistic perspective can make things so much easier. It definitely proves that the environmental factors can change the biological effects of a disease.
ReplyDeleteI believe that when people are sick they are sad because they feel like there is no way to feel good. In their minds they think that there is something wrong with them, so they can never enjoy life. In a sense, this could make it worse. They think it's getting worse because they see nothing good about being sick. Some people, who find joy in other things, such as God, they don't look at their sickness as a negative thing. They see that although they are sick they still have something good or can still be happy about something. Michael J. Fox is a great example of this. Although he is not a Christian, he is still happy about his life although he lives everyday in a depressing situation. He found that while he was in Bhutan he was happier and his symptoms decreased. Nothing actually disappeared but it did decrease. This is a good example of what mental processes can effect your physical needs. Michael is happy because of his environment. Everyone surrounding him was happy all the time; they found the joy in life. A optimistic attitude can definitely effect your sickness, and can make you feel better because you stop focusing on what is wrong with your body, and began to focus on what is around you and they ones that you have and you love.
ReplyDeleteI think a persons outlook on a disease they have can have a positive or negative effect on their life and theur disease.Some people get depressed amd let the sickness take over their life and eventually they wither away and die. Other people do not let their sickness take over their life or put their lives on hold. Like Michael J Fox, they become optimistic. bY doing this, i think they do not let the disease consume their body, or even consume who they are.
ReplyDeleteI think that when people have an uncurable disease such as Parkinson's, they usually have the attitude that they hate their life now and they just want it to be over or they look at the positive perspective and try to live life to the fullest while carrying these burdens on their back like Michael J. Fox. So I think it is not possible for the biological effects of a disease to be slowed due to an environmental factor such as optimism but it does help your life if you are more possitive about it.
ReplyDeleteWhile I was watching this I saw that Michael J Fox did not have one negative look on his disease. He has an optimistic view on Parkinson's disease. Having an optimistic view on an incurable disease i think can slow the effects of the disease because not having stress would allow the body to have more energy. Since he has a positive view on his life it makes it look easier on what he has to fight. Most people that have an incurable disease do not have a positive outlook on life. They have stress and depression in their life. Being an optimist gives them the strength and the focus to keep moving on.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was watching the movie, I was thinking why Michael could be so happy, even knowing that this disease was significantly speeding up his time here on earth. It puzzled me because I, and many other people, suffer from small bits of “depression” that control our lives, and slow us down. I think that being positive during a crisis or disease, could easily make it better, or calm down the pain. My grandma is going through cancer and kemo and she is a very nice, loving, and optimistic lady, and I believe that is going to help through the whole time.
ReplyDeleteI believe that having an optimistic outlook on life can help your health. Most people who are diagnosed with a disease don’t usually have a positive attitude. However Michael J. Fox is a very optimistic person which I believe helps with his disease. While watching the documentary I noticed that he never got down on himself even while he was on the golf course and hit a bad shot. When he went to Bhutan his symptoms got better and he didn’t need to take his medicine. I believe that the environment helped. It helped him focus on happiness and not on his disease which would help him feel better.
ReplyDeleteThroughout this movie, Michael J Fox showed his determination to not let his disease slow him down or put a damper on his life in any way. He never once complained or grouched because he couldn’t do something because of his Parkinson’s. The only time he ever mentioned his disease, he was telling people that he wasn’t going to let it control his life, and that it was apart of him. I do believe that your attitude or an environmental factor such as optimism can help or slow the biological affects of a disease such as Parkinsons. I feel like if people dwell over the bad in their lives, or what is wrong with them, it will consume their life. They won’t be able to enjoy what they have in front of them because they are to busy complaining about the things they can’t do or wanted to do but never had the opportunity. With Michael, it was different thought. He knew what his disease was doing to him, but he chose to look past that. He chose to take what was in front of him and enjoy what was given to him. He see’s his disease as a blessing. I do believe that your attitude and environmental factor can help or hurt you when dealing with a disease or sickness, its all about how look at it.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching the movie with Michael J. Fox, I do not think I can honestly say I believe a natural and biological disease can be slowed due to one’s environment. I believe with optimism and other environmental aspects your attitude can change and make the effects of your disease less simply because you do not let it effect you very much. I think one can try to live their life as positively as they choose which makes the problems they are having seem less trivial because they put less emphasize on them. However to say that what your body is going through due to a disease will be less because of one’s optimism is definitely pushing it in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI learned as a child that a positive and fighting heart is a heart that will need something very powerful to bring it down. Our bodies have a tendency to show reactions to our moods. If someone literally wants to give up on life their body itself,biologically, will start to give up. If one has a more positive approach then I believe people definitely have a better chance of overcoming illnesses. That does not mean with the right attitude that one can escape death but it means that they are much more likely to fight through and possibly stall it or even totally escape it from time to time. In michael j foxs case he isnt escaping it by any means but their is no doubt that something is keeping him in this war and it is, without a doubt, his genuinely optimistic heart.
ReplyDeleteYes I think that optimism can slow a disease just as it can affect other negative things. Scientists have been experimenting (for awhile) on if happiness can extend someone's life and it seems that it can, if only a little, so why couldn’t incredible optimism slow a disease down? Because Michael J. Fox shows so much optimism his disease seems to not affect him as much as the same disease can affect other people. I mean i don’t think that optimism will cure every little thing, but it can reduce your stress which in turn can increase your value on life in a sense. So i think that environmental factors can affect you in many ways I think its a little far fetched to say that it can cure a debilitating disease.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe that being optismist slows down your symptoms or even cures it. I beleive that dieseses are a "physical/body"type of thing. Either you have it and there is a cure for it or you have it and there is not cure for it. Being an optimist like Michael fox isnt a bad thing. I changes your attitude completely. Thats the good part. It makes you see the light even though darkeness is surrounding you. But as far as
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