Tony Nicklinson loses right to die case

[Jambo]

If you can make yourself ill, with your mind, then why can't you make yourself better as well?

It was a coincidence.

You can.

Stress makes you ill. Mentally and physically.

I'll say it, yet again, experience. I'm not going to repeat myself ad nauseum, we're just going round in circles now.

It is a bit of an assumption in fairness. How do you know the illness was because of your thoughts and not in spite of your thoughts?

 

[Ahleckz]

You can.

Stress makes you ill. Mentally and physically.



It is a bit of an assumption in fairness. How do you know the illness was because of your thoughts and not in spite of your thoughts?

I should have said, "Why could you not have made yourself better?".

 

[mp3duck]

Indeed, I hope he has finally found peace.
Just sad that our laws meant he had to suffer at the end.

RIP

 

[Macky]

Brought a tear to my eye reading his final statement. RIP

 

[RDM]

You can make yourself physically ill through the power of thought. I've done it myself. It was so bad I had to be off work and go on antibiotics.

If you concentrated on it hard enough you could stop your own heart.

You managed to will bacteria into existence? Impressive...

 

[Locky]

If I listen to my heart beat or try and control my breathing, I can make my heart palpitate or skip, but to go as far as stopping it, err no.

 

[Inquizitor]

You managed to will bacteria into existence? Impressive...

Let's not be flippant. Lower immune response can cause bodily fauna to get out of hand, and mental state / depression has been shown to have an effect on the immune system.

 

[Xordium]

That really possible?

No, even if you meditate and completely slow it down you still get ventricular escape that will keep enough circulation going to maintain life. It's an urban myth.

 

[Nevakonaza]

He died from not eating food for a week?...seriously that quick?

RIP.

 

[Glaucus]

He died from not eating food for a week?...seriously that quick?

RIP.

And untreated pneumonia

 

[Inquizitor]

He died from not eating food for a week?...seriously that quick?

RIP.

A mercifully short time, better than he could have hoped for. He was likely already in a somewhat undernourished and obviousy unwell state; the lack of nutrients combined with his unwillingness to go on probably sped things up. Glad it was over with quickly.

EDIT: Pneumonia as well, sealed the deal.

 

[hurfdurf]

Sickening that other people made him suffer like that, horrible and we will look back on it with terrible shame, just like how we treated slaves and great gender and homosexual issues now.

 

[cm1179]

good news and i mean that in the most humane way possible

 

[bazaarboy]

Because their understanding of the power of the human mind is lacking.

your understanding of their understanding is lacking
spend some time to educate yourself about the vagus nerve and the automaticity of cardiac pacemaker cells

RIP Tony

 

[Tefal]

Then why does the science and medical opinion not tally with what you say?

You sound suspiciously like one of these people who believe that we only use 10% of our brain... Plus, how would you practice how to stop your heart. Surely it's a all or nothing sort of thing!

I'm sure they do. We can make ourselves ill or heal ourselves depending on the state of our own consciousness. I should know, I've done it. The mind has extreme power. I have even been able to make objects move purely through thought, it's quite incredible.

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[Collider]

What a terrible end for him and his poor family. It would have been better to have allowed him what he wanted. The outcome is the same, the journey is vastly different.

At least now he doesn't have to suffer, but what a price to pay. And his poor wife and family to have to watch that like that.