You can die from being beaten down by life

[Disappointered]

‘Give-up-itis’ revisited: Neuropathology of extremis

The term ‘give-up-itis’ describes people who respond to traumatic stress by developing extreme apathy, give up hope, relinquish the will to live and d…

www.sciencedirect.com

 

[Buffy5120]

‘Give-up-itis’ revisited: Neuropathology of extremis

The term ‘give-up-itis’ describes people who respond to traumatic stress by developing extreme apathy, give up hope, relinquish the will to live and d…

www.sciencedirect.com

Lies

 

[Good4Nothing]

I wish that were true.
If it were, I'd have died 10 years ago.

 

[Disappointered]

Same here. But it demonstrates that being totally demoralized can contribute to an earlier death.

 

[esse_est_percipi]

What would be the proximate cause of such a death?
Heart attack or lack of nutrition or something? Or organs just mysteriously shutting down due to psychological factors?

another article:

People can die from giving up the fight

People can die simply because they've given up, life has beaten them and they feel defeat is inescapable, according to new research.

www.eurekalert.org

 

[Disappointered]

What would be the proximate cause of such a death?
Heart attack or lack of nutrition or something? Or organs just mysteriously shutting down due to psychological factors?

That's a good question. Maybe the dopamine drop creates a chain reaction that reduces automatic functions and consequently hastens old-age related organ failure? here is a link to the full article but I don't think it answer's the question:

https://www.newswise.com/pdf_docs/153745548338429_Leach%20Give%20Up%20Itis%20paper.pdf

 

[greebo6]

Its very true.

 

[NightmareTour]

It's completely real, and has a lot of observed cases. It's not completely understood, but it definitely has something to do with dopamine production.

 

[SolomonKado]

Same here. But it demonstrates that being totally demoralized can contribute to an earlier death.

I can attest to that. When does the cycle of hurt stop…?

 

[The anhedonic one]

This is the same thing as the psychogenic death phenomenon, also known as voodoo death.

 

[Disappointered]

I can attest to that. When does the cycle of hurt stop…?

When the losers can feel comfortable leaving the game everyone including them knows they lost long ago. At least people who got handed the crap end of the stick this time around are less likely to have children. Most of them still suffer though. If they weren't conditioned to fear death or suicide they'd also save themselves decades of pointless misery.