Can Control Affect Your Health? - Leonard Mlodinow

[scientrophic]

Researchers still use the swim test in rodents as a measure of depression and motivation. They also do a tail-hold on mice, where they pick a mouse up by it's tail and time how long it struggles to escape. Having control over one's fate is very important to being motivated to go on.

[8DX]

This is my fuckin' problem. I'm totally out of control of my life. I feel there is little I can influence. shit.

[FeelOfFriction]

Our culture infects people with object fetishes and the need for closure. This is why they must alter their environment to their satisfaction to be content.

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

Just a little wisdom for anybody who comes to this video.

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

So the person who "seems" to have control over their envionment doesn't get emotionally attached to situations and is in control over their emotions. You won't feel anger unless you keep "thinking" that something is wrong or going wrong. And that is what people who "try" to take control over their lives feel because everything "in their minds" is always going wrong because they are living delusion(the thought that they can control what is happening.)

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

And those that "TRY" to control what "is." "TRY" to take control over their lives. Are the people who haven't learned to "just be." And they are generally filled with a lot of anger, hate, etc... because everything is always "going wrong" for them. The thing is, things are "going wrong" for those that "seem" to have control over their lives as well, but the person who "seems" to have control over their lives has surrendered themselves to "the moment" and understands they can't control it.

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

So the thing is, those that seem like they have control over their environment don't really have control over it. They "seem" like they do, but they don't. They just understand that they cannot control the environment and stop "trying" to. And since they stop "trying" to control their environment they are able to "relax." And over time they master the ability of "not having control and being comfortable with it" and that is why they "seem to have control." Whereas some never learn.

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

So it is a weird paradox. If you don't try to control you end up gaining control. That is what all ancient wisdom points too as well and it is very true.  Again, I know from experience. Because those that don't "try" to control go with the "flow" and aren't trying to control "what is." They surrendered to what "is(the moment)" and work with it hence they end up taking control over their lives because they are in touch with reality. It comes down to not trying to control "what IS."

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

"Those that had control over their lives lived a lot longer than those that didn't." YES, because they are all set and aren't stressed out. But then there are those that don't have control over their lives(Buddist monks) and they would also live very long. It is those that "want" control over their lives but don't know how that become stressed. Usually those that don't "try" to control are the ones that take control over their lives because they know how to relax. I know from experience.

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

Picture him without the curly hair. Can you say Eric Clapton look alike?

[DesiDude666]

Now a theoretical physicist discusses mental health...?

Seems like Mlodinow is a fraud anyways. He could easily make cross-industrial comments, and that's fine, but for others doing so, it's not. Double standards.

[MementoExpose]

Can Control Affect Your Health?

Answer: yes

Source: Sociology of Mental Health course at U of T

[scpotts101]

He had a great piece in the New York Times opinion section the other day. Very interesting stuff.

[eirefrance]

Well, if CONTROL sends you on a mission to take down Mr. Big, sure.

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[ncfwhitetigress]

Wow, this is fascinating.