Dr. Ellen Langer

No, no. I don't think that they necessarily are. I think that if something happens – You should take advantage of it and learn something from it. And, you know, so there's data, not from my lab or yours, but that people who have heart attacks and you live through a heart attack or a stroke, all of a sudden you realize, gee, this is not going to go on forever. I've got to start living.

And it's a shame. I mean, I think most people are sealed in unlived lives and, you know, that you need a heart attack to wake you up or somebody else's death, you know.

And it's a shame. I mean, I think most people are sealed in unlived lives and, you know, that you need a heart attack to wake you up or somebody else's death, you know.

And it's a shame. I mean, I think most people are sealed in unlived lives and, you know, that you need a heart attack to wake you up or somebody else's death, you know.

Yeah, I don't think people – when people are afraid of death, I don't think it's really death that they're afraid of. They're afraid of pain and having no control at that moment. The old people I know, studying this for so long, I know lots of – Very old people. None of them seem to be afraid of death.

Yeah, I don't think people – when people are afraid of death, I don't think it's really death that they're afraid of. They're afraid of pain and having no control at that moment. The old people I know, studying this for so long, I know lots of – Very old people. None of them seem to be afraid of death.

Yeah, I don't think people – when people are afraid of death, I don't think it's really death that they're afraid of. They're afraid of pain and having no control at that moment. The old people I know, studying this for so long, I know lots of – Very old people. None of them seem to be afraid of death.

In fact, I ended my Counterclockwise book with a conversation I was having with a friend who was 90-something. And she said, you know, Ellen, I'm not afraid of dying, but living is such fun. And I think that that's the way most of us should be. Mm-hmm.

In fact, I ended my Counterclockwise book with a conversation I was having with a friend who was 90-something. And she said, you know, Ellen, I'm not afraid of dying, but living is such fun. And I think that that's the way most of us should be. Mm-hmm.

In fact, I ended my Counterclockwise book with a conversation I was having with a friend who was 90-something. And she said, you know, Ellen, I'm not afraid of dying, but living is such fun. And I think that that's the way most of us should be. Mm-hmm.

But there's something I wanted to say that we touched on before, and I don't think—it's not really relevant now, but you'll find a way to—I'll find a way to make it relevant—about spontaneous remissions. You know, I said that with my mother there was a spontaneous remission, and the medical world can't study spontaneous remissions or doesn't study—so they seem infrequent.

But there's something I wanted to say that we touched on before, and I don't think—it's not really relevant now, but you'll find a way to—I'll find a way to make it relevant—about spontaneous remissions. You know, I said that with my mother there was a spontaneous remission, and the medical world can't study spontaneous remissions or doesn't study—so they seem infrequent.

But there's something I wanted to say that we touched on before, and I don't think—it's not really relevant now, but you'll find a way to—I'll find a way to make it relevant—about spontaneous remissions. You know, I said that with my mother there was a spontaneous remission, and the medical world can't study spontaneous remissions or doesn't study—so they seem infrequent.

And I think, you know, that— How frequent does something have to be to give people a sense of hope that it's possible? You know, I don't think it has to be an everyday occurrence. Of course, the more frequent it is, the more likely. But when I think about spontaneous remissions, I personally think that they're much more common than the medical world. It's likely to believe.

And I think, you know, that— How frequent does something have to be to give people a sense of hope that it's possible? You know, I don't think it has to be an everyday occurrence. Of course, the more frequent it is, the more likely. But when I think about spontaneous remissions, I personally think that they're much more common than the medical world. It's likely to believe.

And I think, you know, that— How frequent does something have to be to give people a sense of hope that it's possible? You know, I don't think it has to be an everyday occurrence. Of course, the more frequent it is, the more likely. But when I think about spontaneous remissions, I personally think that they're much more common than the medical world. It's likely to believe.

Once you're in a hospital, life is very different from the way your health is once you're out of the hospital. I don't mean that you're sick in one case and not sick in the other. But the attention that's given to it, the degree to which things become self-fulfilling prophecies,

Once you're in a hospital, life is very different from the way your health is once you're out of the hospital. I don't mean that you're sick in one case and not sick in the other. But the attention that's given to it, the degree to which things become self-fulfilling prophecies,

Once you're in a hospital, life is very different from the way your health is once you're out of the hospital. I don't mean that you're sick in one case and not sick in the other. But the attention that's given to it, the degree to which things become self-fulfilling prophecies,

I think that if you believe that cancer is a killer, which is what people used to believe, then I think there are many ways that the cancer becomes a death sentence. Even in a very mundane way, if you think you're going to die, you don't do those things that keep you alive. You're not going to go out and get exercise, for example, if you thought that was good for you. I'm going to die anyway.