As someone who has had incurable brain cancer for 7+ years this stresses me out.
From a logical perspective, our bodies aren't designed to withstand the kind of emotional turmoil that follows a cancer diagnosis. In nature, we would either pass away quickly to 'unknown' illness or never know that there was anything 'wrong' with us until we met a swift end. Neither options allow the human brain to comprehend what is going on. Modern advancements in technology open up a really challenging area of pyscological science, where we know something is wrong, but I dont believe the brain is fully capable of processing that information. A by-product of that is stress.
Much love your way. I lost a partner that went through it. Modern antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication did seem to help. You are brave to talk about it and I hope more people do.
I don’t see this way of thinking very often and I do think it’s more useful to meditate on it. Thank you for taking the time for this, the silent majority appreciates it even if we can’t find the words.
My friend died from lung cancer caused by too much smoking after losing his job. And handling that is very stressful to me because I am, and others like me are almost in the same boat.
“but as far as the depression and hopelessness associated with cancer, there’s a lot of evidence stemming from Roland Griffiths’ original work from John Hopkins University suggesting strongly that a single dose of psilocybin is extremely effective at helping reduce the depression and anxiety surrounding end of life in cancer patients.”
