Comments on: The old and the sick http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/old-and-sick.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/old-and-sick.html/comment-page-1#comment-79477 Anonymous Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:28:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/the-old-and-the-sick.html#comment-79477 I find that we tend to vastly overestimate our ability to control events in general and health in particular. <br/><br/>It enables us to blame others for their misfortunes more than is warranted which serves the dual purpose of relieving us of guilt for not helping and gives us false reassurances regarding our own fate. I find that we tend to vastly overestimate our ability to control events in general and health in particular.

It enables us to blame others for their misfortunes more than is warranted which serves the dual purpose of relieving us of guilt for not helping and gives us false reassurances regarding our own fate.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/old-and-sick.html/comment-page-1#comment-79390 Anonymous Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/the-old-and-the-sick.html#comment-79390 Another great attempt to rationalize not having to care about others. "See! its their own fault"<br/>Maybe they were busy working to pay for the next generations education and health care,fighting for civil rights and in korea,Vietnam ,etc. But since they didn't follow health quidelines that wern't even developed then,its their fault,and the present generation can just ignore them. <br/>Isn't rationalization a great tool,it saves all that need to worry about others<br/><br/>Vt MD Another great attempt to rationalize not having to care about others. “See! its their own fault”
Maybe they were busy working to pay for the next generations education and health care,fighting for civil rights and in korea,Vietnam ,etc. But since they didn’t follow health quidelines that wern’t even developed then,its their fault,and the present generation can just ignore them.
Isn’t rationalization a great tool,it saves all that need to worry about others

Vt MD

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