How To Eat To Live, Not to Die: Simple Scientific Approach To Foods that Prevent and Reverse Disease for Longer Life

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I quit my job because of stress five years ago, and since then I haven’t done as much of the things I thought I’d be doing (like writing) as I expected, but I’ve been doing more of others, including being supportive to my partner (who is dealing with emotional problems of his own), developing friendships with neighbours, and getting out for walks (overcoming my fear that I couldn’t find my way on a long walk alone). My partner has also taken early retirement, and found a completely new direction in life from 2020, translating German fantasy novels into English. I’ll do my best to enjoy the smallest of nice things. Like looking at playing kids, getting senselessly upset about ideas, walking in the park. I am sometimes very hard for my partner to deal with when I’m suffering a paranoid episode and not in a fit state to be rational (as I was yesterday). My partner is saner than I am (though he has episodes of feeling depressed and listless), but suffers from physical fatigue, which means that I tend to do most of the cooking, washing-up and cleaning, plus breaking off from other activities to sit with him and try to cheer him up with a hug and a board game when he feels despondent. I think I have much the easier task than he does (though admittedly he isn’t as physically debilitated as you describe yourself as being). But both of us love each other, are very grateful to be together, and would be he I am glad life worked so well for you, but not many people receive such blessings as “love at first sight”, long stable marriages, loving children, careers that make them happy, and property…that might not be the best story to rub in the face of someone who wishes for death….hearing about the glorious lives of others drives some people into deeper despair…you’re just boasting about everything we have never had or experienced. The harsh reality is that many of us never will experience love, and many of us will never have children or even a home to call our own.

I once tried talking to a counsellor about feeling lonely, and the counsellor (since I’d explained that I am on the autistic spectrum, and she seemed to assume this meant that I was probably unemployed and sat at home all day) suggested that I might go to a day centre where I could sit alongside other people and do art activities. I pointed out that I had a job where I saw people every day, and on my day off, yes, I did go to a coffee morning where I could do art activities or play board games, and yes, I had acquaintances there, but this wasn’t the same as having close friends, and I was miserable living in shared lodgings with housemates who were physically proximate without ever being emotionally close. She suggested that I could maybe move into sheltered accommodation where there would be a warden to help me with tasks like shopping, cooking and laundry. I pointed out that I had been doing those for myself since I was nineteen and in my second year at university. Some people (apparently even including counsellors) don’t seem to understand that loneliness can affect competent professional people as well as those who are housebound, severely disabled or elderly.But I get the impression that doing well at work isn’t enough to make you feel fulfilled and worthwhile. In the same way, having daily interactions with colleagues and/or clients (I don’t know what sort of work you do) isn’t the same as having friends you can talk to about personal feelings. I can’t believe so many people feel the same way as I do. Going to bed every night wishing not to wake up in the morning, always so disappointed when I do and having to face another very long day of extreme anxiety and depression. Doing very little, spend most of the day in bed. Finding leaving the house extremely difficult. Once I am out I don’t want to return to the house. Cannot face going to shops and haven’t done so for over six months. Too ill to be able to cook. Can’t motivate myself or coordinate even simple meals. A friend is shopping and cooking for me, otherwise I don’t think I’d eat, seriously!

So many people, close friends, my wonderful neighbors are so supportive. This I should remember! Not concentrate on those that used to be closest to me, like your son. Yes. It’s hurtful. But at least his wife tries to do the right thing by you. So what if she’s seeing her family, too! At least she carved out time for you, and that is a very good thing. Try to see it that way…..for YOUR sake. Only you can do that for yourself. I know why it all stays by ideation, and by half-hearted secret “attempts”. Choosing a bridge, choosing and trying a knot, searching for the best angle for my pistol, all that. Dozens of times.Now, I think that we can’t KNOW (as opposed to believing) what exactly happens after death, or even whether there is anything at all after death. If there isn’t, then dying doesn’t end your suffering, because you wouldn’t be conscious to know that you were no longer suffering, so all your life experience would still have been of suffering. The opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the IDB, its Board of Directors, or the countries they represent. I’m glad that your medication is helping, anyway. (At times when I’ve had to take daily doses of psychiatric meds, they just had adverse side-effects like weight-gain without helping me mentally.) But suffering the side-effects like being exhausted is tough to deal with.

But I know it hurts from the inside, deep down there where our words can’t reach. And I just wish it would stop. I wish I could go to sleep in a beautiful, calm beach, under the stars, and gently become the sand. Dissolve whatever this is into something freer. All of my family had moved away, and now the ones that stayed in touch with me are dead. I feel like everybody leaves me so there must be something wrong with me. The world will always be better with you here.”…is that true? Would you even notice if we were gone? Truly, would you? It’s not How to Not Die, but How Not to Die—as in prematurely, in pain, and after a long, chronic, disabling illness. We have tremendous power over our health destiny and longevity. The vast majority of premature death and disability can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle, and, in How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-recognized lecturer, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org, examines the top 15 causes of death in America—heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson’s, high blood pressure, and more—and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescribed pills, other pharmaceutical approaches, and even surgery, freeing us to live healthier lives. Why Wait to Treat a Disease If You Can Prevent It?So, what happened? I’m happy to tell you, but I’m not sure it matters. For me it was a powerful, personal confession to the Divine. But I think that there are as many ways to take a step, just one little step, away from our wounds and pains as there are ways to acquire them in the first place.