"Most of the things in the world have been accomplished by people
who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all"
One of the awful results of a Fixed Mind-set can be you just give up. You feel an overwhelming sense of everything being pointless, that you can never succeed and just the thought of trying to complete a task can be too much.
But you must not give up - it is now being seen as a recognised medical condition. And a recent study has found that people can simply die from giving up on life - and it does not take long. Senior research fellow John Leach said that "give-up-itis" is a genuine medical condition that can kill in just three weeks without help.
The disorder normally occurs after a person suffers from severe trauma and feels there is no escape. He says that victims truly believe the "only rational outcome" is death.
He listed the stages as social withdrawal, and pain response, apathy and also psychogenic death - which he described as "disintegration of the person"
The Portsmouth University study concluded: "psychogenic death is real. It is not suicide and is not linked to depression."
Just losing the will to live could stem from a malfunction in the brain circuitry that governs behaviour. Motivation is essential for coping with life and if that fails apathy is inevitable. To reverse this feeling the individual has to find or recover a sense of choice, of having some control, and taking a renewed interest in life.
HMHB says: we know that feeling of emptiness. But we also understand just how precious and special life is. Finding the spark after losing it can be a massive obstacle to overcome. With help, anyone can get better although that still has to come from within. Not giving up, even when it feels hopeless, can be the bravest thing people do, but ultimately it can lead to success.
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