http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/09/thanks-by-robert-emmons-book-review.php Understand your mind with the science of psychology - Mon, 04 May 2009 10:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/09/thanks-by-robert-emmons-book-review.php/comment-page-1#comment-20487 Jeremy (PsyBlog author) Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:26:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/09/thanks-by-robert-a-emmons-book-review.php#comment-20487 Hi Jana, thanks for sharing your experience - good point. Hi Jana, thanks for sharing your experience - good point.

]]> http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/09/thanks-by-robert-emmons-book-review.php/comment-page-1#comment-20476 jana_wierson@hotmail.com Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:44:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/09/thanks-by-robert-a-emmons-book-review.php#comment-20476 "The book is scattered with examples of the super-humanly grateful: an Alzheimer's carer being grateful her husband can remember the season and thankful nuns out-living just about everyone."<br />Hi, enjoyed the article and book review. I have to comment here very clearly- this is not an example of super-human gratefulness. Or, maybe it is. As a person who was a caregiver for someone with dementia, this IS the real deal. One can either surrender to the horrors of the situation and anger all the time, or be happy for small things. (it kind of goes back and forth for most people). But when a person with dementia remembers something, expresses pleasure.. yes, it is just like this. A window to the soul of the person that was, a brief glimpse. Without walking in the shoes of a caregiver, this is indeed difficult to comprehend. "The book is scattered with examples of the super-humanly grateful: an Alzheimer's carer being grateful her husband can remember the season and thankful nuns out-living just about everyone."
Hi, enjoyed the article and book review. I have to comment here very clearly- this is not an example of super-human gratefulness. Or, maybe it is. As a person who was a caregiver for someone with dementia, this IS the real deal. One can either surrender to the horrors of the situation and anger all the time, or be happy for small things. (it kind of goes back and forth for most people). But when a person with dementia remembers something, expresses pleasure.. yes, it is just like this. A window to the soul of the person that was, a brief glimpse. Without walking in the shoes of a caregiver, this is indeed difficult to comprehend.

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