Every researcher, who is interested in this subject matter, knows about the panic experienced by the experimental animals in the cage during decapitation (separation of the head from the body by guillotine).<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, everyone knows about the sacrificial animals running away during the feast of the sacrifice…<\/p>\n
It is horrifying to know that death is coming.\u00a0 This is what\u2019s natural.<\/p>\n
You can say, \u201cTo go to death for the sake of divine values!\u201d.\u00a0 And I will remind you of the letters written during the Battle of the Dardanelles that reached or could not reach their recipients.\u00a0 What was written in those letters?\u00a0 In brief… Longing. Farewell… Sorrow…<\/p>\n
Just then, the farewell times of Prophet Muhammad come to mind.\u00a0 Knowing that he is about to die, tears spill down from the Prophet\u2019s eyes.\u00a0 He starts to cry.\u00a0 Comprehending the meaning in the bewildered looks of his companions, the holy spirit says in response, \u201cI am crying for the longing of those who are left behind…\u201d.<\/p>\n
Today, cancer patients probably take the lead among those who know that they are going to die.<\/p>\n
Fighting is the name of the common thing that I have seen in them throughout the years of relationship that I have had with them.\u00a0 Those who yield, those who shriek, deniers, those who laugh in pain, those who get angry, those who protest, those who pray, those who run away, those who don\u2019t even want to speak of the subject, I have seen it all; however, a large majority accommodated themselves to even the most grueling chemotherapies and surgeries with a great hope… I repeat, fighting was the common trait of those spirits.<\/p>\n
Normally, it is off-limits to speak of death in psychiatry.\u00a0 Physician had better leave that subject blank.\u00a0 Yet the patient can speak of it as much as they want to.\u00a0 Religious remarks, some other types of beliefs, everything must be expressed clearly.\u00a0 One must listen in silence.\u00a0 The duty of the physician is to improve and preserve the quality of the time being experienced.\u00a0 The patient is asked about the most beautiful thing they have done.\u00a0 Their opinions are received about what they could not do or what they want to do.\u00a0 Each and every person, including those who protest, laugh and those who are in depression, is reputable to the full extent.\u00a0 And reputability is the most important thing that is worth preserving.<\/p>\n
As is known, before the age of ten, it is rare to have the concept of death or to know that death is an irrevocable journey. But I have seen such pediatric cancer patients who would say, \u201cyou wouldn\u2019t be able to take it, papa!\u201d as a response to the overflowing sorrow of their fathers who would say, \u201cI wish I had cancer, not you!”.<\/p>\n
As you know, young people believe that they will never die. You would almost always see that youth-driven courage and that disregard in them in the hand-to-hand combats in the battlefields, in the most dangerous adventures.\u00a0 It is their unique trait to live as if they will never die.\u00a0 I have had many cancer patients demonstrating all the colors and beauties of the youth.\u00a0 They successfully kept attending the most difficult schools, approaching all sorts of scientific problems with an unbelievable creativity.\u00a0 They were as steady as a rock with all that consciousness, belief, common sense. Their hearts were overflowing with love.\u00a0 You wouldn\u2019t see any selfishness in nearly any of them.\u00a0 There were as sincere as they come in their love.\u00a0 They were so magnificent that they could take part in all kinds of love stories.\u00a0 The years that my young patient Ekrem spent in the bone marrow unit were full of an unbelievable energy. There, he fell in love.\u00a0 His favorite team cheered him up.\u00a0 He lived there with all of his being.\u00a0 And yet he said, \u201cI\u2019m here!\u201d to those passing by his room even when he was breathing his last.\u00a0\u00a0 Then there was Serkan, a twenty-three-year-old.\u00a0 He felt the deep sorrow that I had for the nose he lost due to fungus, he was so emphatic and full of life that he could even say \u201cDon\u2019t be sad, doctor. One day it was going to disappear anyway!\u201d\u2026 I would like to emphasize that I\u2019m talking about three days prior to his death.\u00a0\u00a0 .<\/p>\n
How about those middle-aged people who have children, friends, parents who will be left behind, or even pets that have shared their loneliness for years? If you consider life to be a functionality, you can just find yourself at the breaking point. As a cancer patient, you make ceaseless efforts to conceal the deep sorrow you have from those you will leave behind during the day, and when you are all alone by yourself at night, the darkness bursts into tears.<\/p>\n
And the elderlies. You wouldn\u2019t want to be as alone as they are.\u00a0 Everybody has already discarded you.\u00a0 I would say, \u201cexcept for doctors\u201d, but even their desire and willingness to save are diminished by the professional greed they have.\u00a0 Yet, living is something that the elderlies want and deserve as much as everyone else.\u00a0 There are many things they can offer to life and human beings.\u00a0 How precious the experiences and wisdom are… They await death, all alone… How sorrowful…\u00a0 I have seen \u201cgreat surgeons\u201d who could say, \u201cthat\u2019s enough lifetime for her!\u201d for an elderly patient of mine who had breast cancer.\u00a0 What a big punishment that was, all alone in pitch black.<\/p>\n
Consequently, I want to say, \u201cDeath is God\u2019s command, if only there was no parting,\u201d just like the poet said.<\/p>\n
I will say my last words as a scientist.\u00a0 Maybe, death is an unchanging truth.\u00a0 For thousands of years, every living being has been dying for this or that reason.\u00a0 Those who are left behind feel sorrow and yearn. And yet, not a single genetic process has allowed any adaptation on this matter.\u00a0 There has been no genetic opposition against the greatest pain.\u00a0 Interesting, isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 Maybe, it is not possible to transfer this incident from generation to generation due to age-related reasons I mentioned above, or maybe the fear of death dominates all of the being and all the cells, and therefore it is not possible to change it.\u00a0 Or maybe the presence of that sense of horror is among the urges that actually secures the life.<\/p>\n
Or, in the end, maybe the change has already occurred and human beings actually wish to die.\u00a0 Otherwise, why would Dr. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, speak of Thanatos?\u00a0 Why would Mevlana the Great deem death to be a reunion with the Creator or to be a wedding?<\/p>\n
I will put an end to this topic of death with question after question.<\/p>\n
And I will wish each and every reader a long, healthy, happy, honorable life…<\/p>\n
Take care…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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