Francene - Views on news
  • BLOG
  • About
  • Contact

 Do you believe in using the mind for survival?

7/26/2015

4 Comments

 
PictureMorgueFile - pippalou
 Here's a story about a young UK soldier, buried alive, who kept believing she would see her tiny daughter again.

In Iraq at the end of February 2007, the building she was in took a direct hit from a mortar bomb. For a while, the twenty-three year old woman felt sticky liquid on her body. When pain brought her out of unconsciousness, she realized the building had been obliterated and she was trapped underneath rubble.

Despite her scant chance of survival, she willed herself to believe she would see her daughter again. And so she shouted and shouted. She knew if she gave up, nobody would find her.

'The next thing I remember is hearing voices with American accents, along with a faint sound of digging. Members of the US Special Forces, who were in a neighbouring camp, had heard the explosion and come to help. It took them more than two-and-a-half hours to dig me from the rubble; it felt like an eternity. Then I could hear the clanking of spades getting closer and I heard Karl shout: ‘Hannah, we’re coming! You need to hold on.’

This excerpt comes from Never Broken: My Journey From The Horrors Of Iraq To The Birth Of My Miracle Baby, by Hannah Campbell with Sarah Arnold and Jill Main, to be published next month. Source: Daily Mail.

PictureMorgueFile - FantasyDesigns1
 Perhaps you could say love brought her through her ordeal. However, strength of mind played a big part. If you believe something with absolute conviction, no physical trauma can overcome you.

In our own circumstances, my husband is battling cancer at the moment. He moans, he condemns the health service for not doing enough, or not acting fast enough, he curses the blow life has dealt him. And yet … He keeps fighting. I've never met anyone with a stronger will.

That's saying something because I'm no sloth. I've survived intact despite life's blows.

An alternative way of treating cancer is to visualize sending white cells to fight the bad cancerous ones. That's another form of using your mind to control your body, but you're playing someone else's game. My husband prefers to work in his own way, and shrugs off anyone else's advice.

Do you think you could survive against all odds?

4 Comments
Nick #thisyearinmusic link
7/26/2015 01:55:42 am

Such a great, but horrible story. I think being buried album is one of my biggest fears. Sharks and dementia make up the rest of the top 3.

Reply
Vivie link
7/26/2015 03:04:50 am

It is so interesting to read the stories of those who have willed themselves to live no matter what. Amazing things have happened!

Reply
Debbie
7/26/2015 05:15:32 am

Wow!! What a story. I absolutely believe a positive frame of mind makes a difference!

Reply
Alana link
7/26/2015 06:19:28 am

Your husband and my best friend (who has been battling a cancer with a 5% survival rate after five years for 3 1/2 years) seem to have a lot in common. Rather than inspiring me, recently I have to admit my thoughts have been dark. I hope, for both of you, that strength of will is enough.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Francene Stanley
    From England, I use news items in my novels which you can see below, all linked to an Amazon near you.

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Archives

    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015

    Categories
    news
    earth
    sea
    space
    environment
    people
    animals
    fish
    birds 

    experience 
    writing
    novels

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.