与一个临终,非宗教人士在一起
1SP Tobin and AM Cooper Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus (GSA), DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar, Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, White Plains, NY.
概括
人类可能有一种天生的对永恒生命的渴望,这影响了对死后生命的信仰. 然而,面对死亡,让我们在有限的存在中获得真正的参与和更深层次的意义.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 哲学 哲学 是一个哲学.
背景情况:
- 人类对不朽的渴望可能是一种进化适应,促进了生存行为.
- 对死后生活的信仰可能源于思想理论功能和儿童时代的远程思维.
- 宗教提供了关于死后生存的叙述,而非宗教人士则构建了关于死亡的个人叙述.
研究的目的:
- 探索死亡意识和死后生活信仰的心理和进化基础.
- 检查人类生命中死亡和有限性的存在意义.
- 为了说明理解非宗教患者对死亡的看法的重要性.
主要方法:
- 进化心理学,认知科学和存在哲学的概念分析.
- 对死亡和来世的宗教和非宗教观点的审查.
- 对非宗教患者生命末期经历的临床图片分析.
主要成果:
- 对于生存的天生的冲动可能会培养对死后继续存在的信念.
- 对有限性的存在意识,在超越与现实之间造成了紧张.
- 非宗教人士面临的挑战是在没有来世信仰的情况下创造意义.
- 一个临床案例凸显了需要仔细倾听临终患者的独特需求和应对机制的需要.
结论:
- 了解关于死亡的不同观点,包括非宗教观点,在息治疗中至关重要.
- 面对死亡,可以带来更真实,更有意义的对生活的参与.
- 意识到生命的有限性,矛盾地增强了人们对生命的感知价值和深度.
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