The Sick person's psychology

It has been said that there is a special psychology, or personality, of the sick individual--most notoriously: Dick Cheney, and his heart attacks., rumored to be more withdrawn, relying upon himself, closed in, etc.... Cancer patients, heart-attack patients, stroke victims, etc.. may all well have their own, specific view of things, people, life, the world... How could they not?

It has been my unfortunate privilege to find myself on the receiving end of what may have been a ministroke (more tests still forthcoming, including very early morning in a few hours...) and it is true that you find yourself cut off, withdrawn, not caring as much as usual (yes, in part because of the problems of communication). Will have to delve more into this later. I am not even supposed to be writing this right now... (and no dentist, no chiropractor, nothing that might interfere with the normal flow of cerebral blood--no keeping your head forced in a reclined, twisted, etc. position for a stretch of time...)

Will let you know, but there might be some truth to it. Dealing with the realities, even as a limited-time sample, and facing the potentially long-term prospect, of no speech and/or of no motor functions, do indeed make you look at things "a tad" differently...