The human mind can be a daunting notion to ponder. When the human body is provoked, it responds in vivid ways. The idea is that the mind and body are always intertwined. The further they are challenged and the harder they are strained, the response will be all the more astonishing. The understanding that together they can achieve outcomes that are enormously unlikely. Which in the case of medical conditions, the use of mindful practices can help the mind work with the body to overcome a vast number of conditions.
To begin, Leslie Jamison investigates the strange disease called Morgellons in her article titled "The Devil's Bait". Morgellons is a condition that is unknown to the medical world, yet it has impacted the lives of thousands of people. …show more content…
This is the case for Uppgivenhetssyndrom, which is another strange medical condition that people have reportedly experienced. Interestingly, this syndrome seemingly only occurs in Sweden and effects refugee children. Rachel Aviv of The New Yorker explores the strange phenomenon of Uppgivenhetssyndrom in her article "The Trauma Of Facing Deportation". Uppgivenhetssyndrom is a condition that has affected "hundreds of refugee children" causing them to "fallen unconscious after being informed that their families will be expelled from the country" (Aviv). What's puzzling about this condition is that "the patients have no underlying physical or neurological disease, but they seem to have lost the will to live" (Aviv). These children are often referred to as the apathetic. Upon hearing the news that they can no longer reside in Sweden, these children would lose the will to live and go into a coma-like state. Mind-bogglingly, the condition causes children become "totally passive, immobile, lacks tonus, withdrawn, mute, unable to eat and drink, incontinent and not reacting to physical stimuli or pain" (Aviv). For the case of Uppgivenhetssyndrom, mindfulness will offer no help in curing the apathetic children. This is due to the fact that the children are completely unresponsive to their body and any stimulation of the outside world. The children seem to have lost the connection between their mind and their body. Mindfulness will not cure the apathetic of Uppgivenhetssyndrom because of the only cure is “a permanent residency permit" for the affected children and their family (Aviv). This is further supported when Aviv stated that "the Swedish Board of Health and Welfare advises that a patient will not recover until his family has permission to live in Sweden" (Aviv). Furthermore, Aviv reports on the story of a boy named Georgi who
To begin, Leslie Jamison investigates the strange disease called Morgellons in her article titled "The Devil's Bait". Morgellons is a condition that is unknown to the medical world, yet it has impacted the lives of thousands of people. …show more content…
This is the case for Uppgivenhetssyndrom, which is another strange medical condition that people have reportedly experienced. Interestingly, this syndrome seemingly only occurs in Sweden and effects refugee children. Rachel Aviv of The New Yorker explores the strange phenomenon of Uppgivenhetssyndrom in her article "The Trauma Of Facing Deportation". Uppgivenhetssyndrom is a condition that has affected "hundreds of refugee children" causing them to "fallen unconscious after being informed that their families will be expelled from the country" (Aviv). What's puzzling about this condition is that "the patients have no underlying physical or neurological disease, but they seem to have lost the will to live" (Aviv). These children are often referred to as the apathetic. Upon hearing the news that they can no longer reside in Sweden, these children would lose the will to live and go into a coma-like state. Mind-bogglingly, the condition causes children become "totally passive, immobile, lacks tonus, withdrawn, mute, unable to eat and drink, incontinent and not reacting to physical stimuli or pain" (Aviv). For the case of Uppgivenhetssyndrom, mindfulness will offer no help in curing the apathetic children. This is due to the fact that the children are completely unresponsive to their body and any stimulation of the outside world. The children seem to have lost the connection between their mind and their body. Mindfulness will not cure the apathetic of Uppgivenhetssyndrom because of the only cure is “a permanent residency permit" for the affected children and their family (Aviv). This is further supported when Aviv stated that "the Swedish Board of Health and Welfare advises that a patient will not recover until his family has permission to live in Sweden" (Aviv). Furthermore, Aviv reports on the story of a boy named Georgi who