Confronting Chronic Disease and Refusing To Give Up | This is an interesting approach using the concept of 'learned helplessness' as reason enough to fight back and not to simply accept your medical diagnosis/fate.

This is an interesting approach using the concept of 'learned helplessness' as reason enough to fight back and not to simply accept your medical diagnosis/fate.

Confronting Chronic Disease and Refusing To Give Up | Susannah Meadows

 When Susannah Meadows’ son was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, they were told that his illness would never go away. When he made an astonishing full recovery, it was both a gift and a revelation. Perhaps "incurable" isn't the brick wall we assume it to be. Meadows, a journalist and the author of “The Other Side of Impossible,” discovered others who came back from diseases considered irreversible including food allergies, multiple sclerosis, intractable epilepsy, and rheumatoid arthritis. In this moving, personal talk, Meadows shares what she learned about hope and the refusal to give up. She also delves into the science to show why perseverance itself may be a prescription for recovery. Susannah Meadows is the author of "The Other Side of Impossible: Ordinary People Who Faced Daunting Medical Challenges and Refused to Give Up." It tells the stories of unlikely recoveries and the science behind them and was featured on Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, and NPR, as well as in Oprah Magazine and The New York Times. The Times’ Jane Brody said the “compelling stories left me in awe,” and Buzzfeed said it was “really moving and inspiring.” Curtis Sittenfeld wrote: “An amazing book—insightful, compassionate, and quite possibly life-changing.” Meadows is a former Senior Writer for Newsweek. Since 2002, she has been a contributor to The New York Times. Her widely-read 2013 story for The New York Times Magazine, "The Boy With a Thorn in His Joints," about her young son’s arthritis and the experimental diet therapy they tried, dominated the “most read” lists. She has appeared on CBS, ABC, ESPN, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, NPR, and The Charlie Rose Show.

Link: https://youtu.be/L9fjn3Pq0XI