It's always difficult to analyze from a distance. It sounds like he has some serious joint pain. That resonated with me. My family tree has people that .. though they live forever (my mid 90ish mother still rocks and cooks like Julia Child) ... are prone to joint pain. After a day of skiing I resonate to that line from Rocky about calling a taxi to take him from the bed to the bathroom. It's easy to say pessimistic things under these circumstances. Of course rocky did that after a fight ... But the original thread, sad to think about losing Oliver sacks
========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== From: "Tollefsrud, Linda" <linda.tollefs...@uwc.edu> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 05:38:06 PM Subject: RE: [tips] Oliver Sacks Now that I’ve had the time to read the entire article, I wouldn’t agree that Nolte lacks ego integrity. The article ends with this quote: You learn acceptance and humility. You learn how to find happiness on your own terms. Just because I cry every day, doesn't mean I don't laugh every day, too. Linda Tollefsrud UW Colleges Rice Lake, WI From: Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:31 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Oliver Sacks José Ferreira-Alves sent a link to the original interview with Nick Nolte in GQ. http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2015/01/nick-nolte-interview.html?mbid=social_retweet Beth Benoit Plymouth State University Plymouth NH On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 9:56 AM, José Ferreira Alves < al...@psi.uminho.pt > wrote: > I agree fully with your interpretation, Beth. > I think your quote of Nick Nolte as well all the paper of Sacks are fabulous > to > teach Erikson Integrity vs despair elements > Best wishes > jose > ___________________________ > José Ferreira-Alves, PhD > Assistant Professor > School of Psychology > University of Minho > Campus de Gualtar > 4710-057 Braga > Portugal > Tel.cel. +351919378514 > Tel. office: 253604233 > Email: al...@psi.uminho.pt > http://escola.psi.uminho.pt/docentes_investigadores/falves.html > http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1967-0074 > Skype name: feralves6180 > De: Beth Benoit [mailto: beth.ben...@gmail.com ] > Enviada: 19 de fevereiro de 2015 14:49 > Para: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Assunto: Re: [tips] Oliver Sacks > Oliver Sacks continues to inspire and present a brave and beautiful attitude > toward life. Interesting contrast in this week's The Week , quoting from a > boohooing GQ interview with Nick Nolte: > "Nick Nolte has found getting old to be a painful experience, said Davy > Rothbart > in GQ. "I cry every day," says the actor, 74. "It's nothing tragic or anything > - it's just life. I cry when I try to get out of bed, because I'm in my 70s > and > my body hurts like hell. Once my joints are moving, I'm all right, but those > are my first tears in the morning." Nolte's acute sense of mortality is > reinforced every time an old friend dies. "That'll always bring on a good > cry..." But Nolte says that perhaps the most painful consequence of growing > old > is seeing your children become involved in their own lives and slowly drift > away. "My son is 28. We've had a close relationship all my life, but now that > he's gotten married and had his own family, he's much more secretive. He'll > say, 'That's none of your business, Dad. Leave me alone.' And that's a sad one > - letting go of your children...." > After reading the above I concluded that Sacks is a good example of ego > integrity in Erikson's final psychosocial stage, while Nolte might be a pretty > good example of the failure of it: despair. > Beth Benoit > Plymouth State University > Plymouth NH > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O < slil...@emory.edu > > wrote: >> Sad news about Oliver Sacks; I had not known this. >> http://mindhacks.com/2015/02/19/oliver-sacks-now-i-am-face-to-face-with-dying/ >> ……Scott >> Scott O. 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