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1、Unit7TheHealingpowerofBeliefForthepasttwoyearsjhavebeenstudyingcancersurvivorsatUGLA,tryingtofindoutwhyitisthatsomepeoplerespondmuchbettertotheirtreatmentthandoothers.AtfirstIthoughthatsomepatientsdidwellbecausetheirillnesseswerenotassevereastheillnessesofothers.Oncl
2、oserscrutiny,howeverjdiscoveredthatseverityoftheillnesswasonlyoneofanumberoffactorsthataccountedforthedifferencebetweenthosewhogetwellandthosewhodorft.Thepatientsiamtalkingaboutherereceivedupondiagnosiswhatevertherapymedication5radiation,surgery-theirindividualcasesd
3、emanded.Yettheresponsetosuchtreatmentswashardlyuniform.Somepatientsfaredmuchbetterintheirtherapiesthanothers.在過(guò)去的兩年里,我一直在UGLA研究癌癥幸存者,試圖發(fā)現(xiàn)為什么對(duì)有些人治療產(chǎn)生的效果會(huì)比其他人好。開(kāi)始我認(rèn)為一些病人治療效果好是因?yàn)樗麄兊募膊](méi)有別人嚴(yán)重。但是經(jīng)過(guò)進(jìn)一步的仔細(xì)研究,我發(fā)現(xiàn)疾病的嚴(yán)重性?xún)H是解釋康復(fù)的人與沒(méi)有好轉(zhuǎn)的人Z間區(qū)別的眾多因素屮的其屮一個(gè)。我這里所說(shuō)的這些病人根據(jù)他們個(gè)人病情的需要接受治療,包
4、括藥物治療,放射療法,外科治療。但是這些治療的反映兒乎不一致。一些病人在治療過(guò)程中進(jìn)展得其他病人要好得多。Whatwasit,then,thatwasdifferent?Wasthereanyonethingthatallsurvivorshadincommon?Yes.Ihavefoundthatthemajorcharacteristicsofthesesurvivorswereverysimila匸Amongthesimilaritiesare:TheyallhadastrongwilltoliveTheywerenotp
5、anickyabouttheirillnessTheyhadconfidenceintheirabilitytopersevereDespitealltheforecaststothecontraryJheybelievedtheycouldmakeitTheywerecapableofjoyousresponseTheywereconvincedthattheirtreatmentwouldwork.那么到底是什么不同呢?有沒(méi)哪一點(diǎn)是所有幸存者的共有點(diǎn)呢?是的,我發(fā)現(xiàn)這些幸存者的主要特征非常相似,相似點(diǎn)有:他們都有著非常強(qiáng)的求
6、生欲望;他們對(duì)自己的疾病并不感到恐慌;他們有信心能夠堅(jiān)持;盡管所有的預(yù)測(cè)情況不利,但他們都相信他們能成功;他們能夠很歡斥地應(yīng)對(duì)治療;他們相信他們的治療會(huì)起作用。OnewomanwithwhomIworkedcloselyisperhapssymbolicoftheentiregroup?Let'scallherAnnie.Herillnesswasdiagnosedascanceroftheliver.Anexploratoryoperationconvincedthesurgeonsthatthediseasewastoofa
7、ralongtobetreatedbyanyknownmeans.ButAnnie,farfrombeingdiscouragedordepressedbythisverdict,wasabsolutelydeterminedtoovercomeherillness.Shedecidedtofightwithallofherpowersofmindandbody.Herfamilyphysicianwassoimpressedwithherspiritthathefeltthedismalpredictionofthespeci
8、alistsoughtnottoprecludefurtherefforts.Verysupportive,heencouragedAnnietoseeasurgeoninHoustonwhohadahighrecordofsuccesswithpatients