Psychology and Tuesday's with Morrie
Everyday each person faces some kind of challenge or obstacle to overcome. There will be decisions that have to be made and changes that require you to adapt. Even if those changes are good or bad. These changes are usually very hard for people to adapt and overcome. We as people must overcome adversity to excel in life.
In a book called Tuesday’s with Morrie, Morrie is diagnosed with Lou Gherig’s disease. Lou Gehrig’s disease also known as ALS destroys the neurons of the brain and spinal cord, which are responsible for voluntary movement. After a certain time any patient diagnosed with ALS becomes paralyzed and often dies within a few years. Morrie was a professor Brandeis University teaching Sociology. When he was diagnosed he taught until he was unable to. Mitch, his former student worked constantly under pressure. He never visited his professor until he saw him on television interviewing with Ted Koppel. After that he started to visit his professor every Tuesday to learn about the meaning of life. Most people after being diagnosed with a life threatening disease would fall into a type of depression or stress. Morrie refused to fall into that type of mind set. He wanted to live his life out happily without anyone giving him remorse. When Mitch’s beloved professor passed away, Mitch carried on his teachings by speaking out. Through the thirteen Tuesdays he was with his professor, Mitch found his old, kind and loving self again. (Mitch, 2002)
Each person has some form of stress in his or her time caused by hassles. Stress is the term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive and behavorial responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging (Ciccarelli, 2012). Stress causing events are called stressors. One major hassle that causes stress is being stuck in traffic and having to be somewhere on time. Hassles are the daily annoyances in everyday life (Ciccarelli, 2012).
Stressful situations affect us all in many ways and we need a way
In a book called Tuesday’s with Morrie, Morrie is diagnosed with Lou Gherig’s disease. Lou Gehrig’s disease also known as ALS destroys the neurons of the brain and spinal cord, which are responsible for voluntary movement. After a certain time any patient diagnosed with ALS becomes paralyzed and often dies within a few years. Morrie was a professor Brandeis University teaching Sociology. When he was diagnosed he taught until he was unable to. Mitch, his former student worked constantly under pressure. He never visited his professor until he saw him on television interviewing with Ted Koppel. After that he started to visit his professor every Tuesday to learn about the meaning of life. Most people after being diagnosed with a life threatening disease would fall into a type of depression or stress. Morrie refused to fall into that type of mind set. He wanted to live his life out happily without anyone giving him remorse. When Mitch’s beloved professor passed away, Mitch carried on his teachings by speaking out. Through the thirteen Tuesdays he was with his professor, Mitch found his old, kind and loving self again. (Mitch, 2002)
Each person has some form of stress in his or her time caused by hassles. Stress is the term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive and behavorial responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging (Ciccarelli, 2012). Stress causing events are called stressors. One major hassle that causes stress is being stuck in traffic and having to be somewhere on time. Hassles are the daily annoyances in everyday life (Ciccarelli, 2012).
Stressful situations affect us all in many ways and we need a way