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kantuck · 5 years

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ADhD, something to think about.

A friend sent me this: (I’m copy/pasting, mistakes are the authors.)

“Kan, saw this on FB, thinking of you.”

I was asked a while ago by a friend to share my thoughts on ADHD, and what I believe about this unique neuro-diversity that we all seem to have. It has taken me some time to put it into words, but here is the basic gist of it and I hope it can help someone to understand the “why” behind what we all experience.

ADHD is not a curse, It is not broken, it is NOT a malfunction of the brain or a “Mis-wiring”. It is not from your mother smoking cigarettes when you were in utero, and it is NOT from too much television as a child. ADHD is a Nuero-diversity. It is a different wiring of the brain as it relates to the body and to information collection AND most importantly it has a purpose! Before I get to that piece though, let me share with you what I KNOW about ADHD.

ADHD is a label that we have assigned to individuals that present with a specific set of symptoms associated with a diagnosable neuro-diversity. These symptoms can include things like distractibility, forgetfulness, inattention, hyper-focused attention, emotional storms, irritability, feelings of worthlessness, active or overactive imagination, tardiness or skewed senses of time, imposter syndrome, out of control thoughts, and severely low self-esteem.

Recently, research studies have identified three (3) aspects of ADHD that are experienced by almost everyone with this neuro-diversity and not experienced by almost none without it.

Interest-based nervous system: Not just interest-based attention, but your entire nervous system functions differently based on your level of interest. When you find something truly interesting it will actually energize you. Sleep is irrelevant, Food is a fleeting thought. You are sustained by interest. Have you ever found yourself up way past time to go to bed, forgot that you had to go to the bathroom, or didn’t eat, just because you were so interested in something? Yeah, me too.

Emotional Hyper-Arousal: Imagine this like you have a volume knob for “Emotions” and yours is turned up 5 notches higher than the neuro-typical people around you. Your highs are higher, your lows are lower. Merely funny is hilarious and mildly sad is sorrowful. Everything is extreme. Not worth humor is funny and not worth heartache is indeed sad. Every emotion felt is more-than.

Rejection-sensitive-dysphoria: Basically, we are hypersensitive to rejection, from anyone. It doesn’t really matter if we consciously care about the individual or group that is enacting the rejection. We are just hyper-sensitive to being rejected by anyone for any reason. Even if we don’t want to be part of the club, we are sensitive to the club not wanting us as a member kind of thing.

Now if we combine these symptoms and aspects we begin to see some pretty obvious and reoccurring traits that cause problems in daily life.

Imposter syndrome: Minimizing our accomplishments and maximizing our failures or faults. If we succeed, then it was easy or luck, but if we fail it is because we are flawed or broken and we are totally responsible.

Hyper-focus: I can be focused on something that I am interested in, but cannot manage to pay attention to a board meeting. I am all about the next book coming out, but forget my anniversary.

Emotional storm: I have a thousand thoughts running through my head and each one has an emotion that I have to feel as it passes and therefore I feel a thousand emotions in the span of a few seconds and cannot differentiate between them.

There are many many more that I don’t think that I need to list. You can see the patterns I am sure.

What if…..?

What if ADHD was natural?

What if ADHD was not ADHD, but something else?

What if ADHD was NOT a Deficit or a Disorder, but an adaptation?

Scientific research now suggests that what we know as ADHD is actually an evolutionary adaptation to a Hunter/Gather lifestyle.

In a natural environment, where there are predators and prey, where the rustling of leaves, or the flash of game in the periphery, or the trickling of water heard, could mean the difference between life or death, it is actually an extreme benefit to have an overabundance of involuntary attention. It is a bonus to be hyper-aware (distractable).

This is why so many that have ADHD wired brains find solace in natural environments. There is so much to “Pull” our attention, but so little to “Pay” attention to. We find ourselves recharged by walks in the forest or sitting near a babbling brook. This is our natural born element and so it invigorates us.

So why so few of us then? Well, let's look at that. Darwin’s theories of evolution state that: If there is a mutation in an individual that is part of a species that makes that individual more likely to survive, then that mutation will be passed along to its offspring and therefore make the offspring more likely to survive than it’s counterparts of the same species and thus, the mutation will eventually, though the process of natural selection, be distributed to the entire species and will no longer be a mutation, just part of the species. For example: if a bird has a mutation that increases its beak size and that increases its survivability, then eventually the entire species will have larger beaks. So, let's look back at 20,000 years into our human history. Everyone that existed on the planet were hunter/gathers. It is very likely that at that time, the majority of individuals were also what we call today, ADHD. Then one day, someone decided that it would be a good idea to plant & farm & build walls & raise livestock & stay in one place.

Now we have these sedentary people that are NOT hunting or gathering in dangerous environments. They are protected by walls and removed from danger.

However, we still have all these ADHDers that cannot stand being still, so they are still hunting and gathering and putting themselves in danger.

Who is more survivable now?

Fast forward 20,000 years…..97% of all humans are sedentary and only 3% are ADHDers.

ADHD is not new, it is not made up by Pharma, it has always been here, just never called the same thing. The first mention of an individual that appeared to display ADHD symptoms that I found was from the writing of Hippocrates, also known as the father of modern medicine, he stated: The patient has quickened responses to sensory experience, but also less tenaciousness because the soul moves on quickly to the next impression.

Back then, “soul” was the word for mind and “impression’ was the word for thought. So what he was saying is ...The patient has heightened responses to external stimulation but has less follow-through because the mind moves on quickly to the next thought.

If that is not ADHD I don’t know what is.

This is not a bad thing though. All we need to do is look throughout history to see ADHDers in action. We can take the symptomatology that we know now and apply it to historical figures and we see that the most innovative and influential individuals in history were probably ADHDers.

Socrates Leonardo Da Vinci Mozart Benjamin Franklin The Wright Brothers Salvadore Dali Walt Disney Nikola Tesla Thomas Edison Albert Einstien John F. Kennedy And if those names don’t do anything for you then how about these names of self-professed ADHDers:

Justin Bieber Simone Biles David Blaine Terry Bradshaw Richard Branson Andre Brown Jim Carrey James Carville Jim Caviezel Wendy Davis Katherine Ellison Josh Freeman Ryan Gosling Viglil Green Ed Hallowell, M.D. Woody Harrelson Mariette Hartley Cameron Herold Paris Hilton Christopher Knight Solange Knowles Adam Kreek Jenny Lawson Greg LeMond Adam Levine Howie Mandel Audra McDonald Alan Meckler Rep. Kendrick Meek Matt Morgan David Neeleman Paul Orfalea Ty Pennington Michael Phelps Pete Rose Michele Rodriguez Louis Smith Leigh Steinberg Payne Stewart Shane Victorino Bubba Watson Henry Winkler Brookley Wofford

ADHD is not the “fault” it’s the exception. We have always been here and we have always been the ones that are changing the world.

There is statistically a higher percentage of ADHD in America than in Europe. Researchers believe that this is because our founding fathers and the immigrants that are our heritage had the out-of-the-box impulsiveness to pack up and go across an entire ocean to make a better life!

ADHD is not a curse, it is not a disorder, society has the disorder because as much as it touts individuality, it is only acknowledged once an individual complies with the obligation of normalcy. You cannot be creative unless you can get to work on time. You cannot be innovative unless all your bills are paid. Blah Blah Blah….

Being born with ADHD is like being born with a beautiful pair of raven black angel wings. Imagine for a moment how that would be. You would be shunned as a freak. Called an abomination. You would try to hide your birthright if only to “Fit in” or be “normal”, and always throughout all of the insults and put-downs, through all of the pain and sorrow, all you would have to do is spread those beautiful black wings and soar….

We are not the problem. We are the solution. We are the R&D while everyone else trudges on the assembly line. We are the inventors and the visionaries, while the neuro-typical are content with the status quo. We take the risks and run the chance….sometimes to our detriment, but also sometimes to glory.

Doubt yourself all you want. Tell us all that “your” ADHD is a disorder or a disability, but make no mistake…..You are amazing.

#ADhD

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stylesmyth · 5 years

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FLOURISHED SUN

I take the marble staircase two steps at a time with Brandon on my heels. He begs for me to slow down, but with my father’s office doors in sight, I refuse. Without knocking, I barge in, using such a force that sends the large doors slamming into the walls they hinge on. It startles my father, who jerks his head towards me.

“A curfew?!” I cry out.

Brandon, just now catching up, nearly rams into me as he enters the room with momentum. “Miss Burrell,” he says formally. “Your father has asked to not be disturbed.”

“It’s all right, Brandon,” my father assures, voice impeccably calm.

I start again. “I mean, shutting down schools, I can understand! Not telling me there were twenty-three other deaths, I can excuse because it’s confidential. But a curfew? Really?!”

He stands from his desk. “Yes, Delaney, really. Until everyone is medicated properly, I have to make sure there is as little contact as possible between the contagious and healthy.” He walks to me, words growing more heated by the second. “And as for the little stunt you pulled tonight. Leaving the house without permission? What were you thinking?!”

“For Christ’s sake, I had Brandon there for protection!”

“And I’m sure he agrees that, regardless, you were too close to that boy that you know damn well is sick.”

My jaw tightens. “You told him about Ernie?” I ask, turning to Brandon.

Father answers, “He called me from the diner before the speech, as he should have. And because you tricked him, and disobeyed my wishes, I’m putting you under house arrest.”

“What?!”

“The guard at the front gate has been informed of this decision, and Brandon is to stay here, around the clock until further notice, to ensure you pull no funny business like you did tonight.”

I throw my arms up. “What is so wrong with wanting to see him one la—”

“Delaney!” he raises his voice. “We will not be discussing this any further in the company of a guest!”

At those words, I peer over my father’s shoulder. Sure enough, a man that looks vaguely familiar—perhaps I’ve seen him at dinner parties or public events—sits in one of the two chairs placed in front of the desk, watching the whole ordeal.

The man rises from his chair. “Please, Samuel, do not stop on my account. The work day is technically over, and family matters must be...attended to, nonetheless,” he says in a deliberate tone. “But, if I may introduce myself, I am Zachary Masters—”

I interrupt him, now knowing how I recognize him. “Parliament member, and the man who will be appointed Interim Leader if anything were to...happen to my father.”

We’ve been at several occasions, in many of the same rooms, but I’ve never been formally introduced to him—if one could even call this a formal introduction. He was always with other government officials, whilst I grouped with several other daughters and sons of those officials. From far away, he looked kind, his greying hair gave him a grandfatherly vibe. Now as we stand with closer proximity, and I can feel the full force of his dark eyes upon me, I almost want to coward away, even if his gaze isn’t intentional. But this isn’t about him, and I can’t lose what spite I have towards my father so easily.

The room grows strangely quiet in the vocalisation of my words. Zachary takes to looking at his shoes as I turn to my father, who avoids my gaze. It lasts for a moment, before a ring of a telephone on my father’s desk sounds. He’s sighs, glancing at Zachary before turning to attend to the phone call.

Father attempts to answer the call in a hushed tone as I focus once more on Zachary.

“So, what are you doing here?” I cross my arms in front of my chest. “Is there something he’s not telling me?”

Zachary senses the hesitation in my question. “Oh, no, no! There is nothing wrong with your father, I can assure you. No, I am simply here to assist Samuel in some work.”

“What kind of work?”

He pauses, and I can see the debate with himself to answer or avoid me. “Well, we’ve been in contact with America—their labs, the embassy, Congress, even the President—pretty much nonstop for the last day. We’re are trying to find the origins of the virus, and what the best way to distribute the medicine is. Basically, just where to go from here, with what we know.”

“And what do you know?” I ask.

He grins. “I’m sure you understand why I cannot disclose that information, Miss Burrell.”

***

friday night

Delaney: brandon told my dad i saw you tonight

he put me on house arrest

Ernie: wtf

Why would he do that?

Delaney: i didn’t tell Brandon that you were gonna be at the diner

Ernie: why not?

Delaney: I’m not technically supposed to see you whilst you’re still sick

Ernie: Delaney!

Delaney: what?! I wanted to see you and just have a nice night

Ernie: but something could’ve happened

u could be sick

Delaney: i could be sick regardless

I’ll just get the medication like everyone else on Monday and everything will be fine

Ernie: can I call you, or facetime?

Delaney: not unless you want brandon to hear everything we say

He’s “posted” outside my room and my door “must remain open unless I’m changing”

Ernie: sigh

I guess i won’t be able to see your pretty face for a while then, huh

Delaney: you’re a dork

but sadly no

Ernie: you like this dork

Delaney: hmmmmm

Perhaps

saturday

Delaney: i feel like i might go stir crazy if i have to sit in my room for the rest of the weekend

Avoiding food>getting another lecture

Ernie: [imaged attached]

you could look at this instead :*

monday

Ernie: [imaged attached]

Look at this queue outside of Boots

We’ll be here for hours

Delaney: is there nowhere else a little less crowded?

Ernie: nope all the same

A lot more people than i thought need this stuff too

Delaney: well let me know when you get towards the front

Ernie: hopefully it won’t take too long

I’m not feeling very well and Ty is noticing

Delaney: please stay safe <3 keep me updated

tuesday

Delaney: hey

I hate being that girlfriend that keeps tabs on you

But you didn’t text me back yesterday

Is everything okay? Are you feeling better?

Ernie: hey, sorry about that

It was a long da y

did u get the meds???

Delaney: yeah, dad brought home some of the pills instead of the injections

But are you sure you’re okay?

We never use text slang with each other

Ernie: i cant starw at the scrreen to long

I think a symptom of gettn the shot is migrains

wednesday

Delaney: how are you feeling today?

Delaney: You might still have a migraine so maybe that’s why you aren’t answering

If you get a chance to read this, though, just let me know you’re okay

Delaney: please answer my texts, Ernie

It’s worrying me sick to not hear from you

thursday

Ernie: delaney

Delaney: thank God you finally answered

I’ve been pacing around all day

Are you okay

Is everything alright

Ernie: the medicine isn’t working

Ty didn’t make it

And I don’t feel so good

***

I will for the words on the screen to change. Maybe if I stare at them long enough, the letters will shift, and he’ll be telling me that all is well. The medicine is working. Everyone is healthy. Ty is not dead.

Ty is not dead.

He can’t be. He was feeling better last week. If Ty was feeling better, that means everyone else sick would feel better, too. They have to feel better. They can’t die.

Ernie can’t die.

When I was old enough ask my dad about my mum, I also asked why he didn’t remarry. He told me that, after her death, he was in a state of shock, and then grief struck, followed by a period of depression. He said it was the worst time of his life. He knew, that even after losing my mum, he couldn’t remarry. His grief was as large as love, and he knew he’d never love someone else that same way.

I understand the first feeling of shock now.

The difference between him and me, though, is that I have a warning. My shock comes before any loss, and it’s crippling.

But there’s one thing on my mind: I am getting out of here.

No tears have formed, but when I call, “Brandon,” there’s a notable shake in my voice.

Through what little open space there is in my door, he responds, “Yes, Miss Burrell?”

“Could you please shut the door, I’m going to change. And then, I’ll go to bed.”

It’s fairly dark outside, so I know Brandon will believe my lie, thinking that I’m getting ready for bed. I wait just a few seconds to run on tiptoes to my window. My bedroom is on the first floor, overlooking the road to the house’s front door, where Brandon would always drop me off. Where the reporters once stood across the street. As I push up the window, I see no one on the street at all.

Thankfully, on the ground floor, below my bedroom, there is an alcove that juts out from the house, allowing a small roof just outside my window. I do not bother shutting my window as I step outside. Brandon won’t check my room for the rest of the night, thinking I’m asleep, so I keep it open to sneak back in the morning.

The distance from the ledge to the ground isn’t far. I sit down with my legs over the edge, and then slowly twist around, so my front is against the blue bricks as I hang on with what very little upper body strength I have. Then I let go.

With bent knees, my feet hit the green ground quickly. I catch myself from falling over into the damp grass, but waste no time in surveying the area once more. The easiest way to get to Mayfair, where Ernie lives, is the back streets. Last I saw, and heard from Dad, there’s only one guard on the perimeter, and he’s at the gates in the front.

I start to run in the opposite direction.

***

Ernie’s mum answers the door after three rounds of persistent knocking. She’s wearing a bathrobe, likely never having changed from it this morning, and her brown hair looks unkempt. In one hand is a box of tissues, and in the other, a balled-up tissue that she raises to her reddening nose before speaking.

“Delaney, what are you doing here?” she asks, mouth hanging open at the sight of me.

Tears that were kept back as I ran appear suddenly, clouding my vision. “I heard about Ty.” My voice trembles. “Ernie told me. And I am so sorry, I can’t imagine what you’re going through right now. But can I please see him? I need to see Ernie, please.”

She looks hesitant at first. We both know what allowing me inside means; the medicine doesn’t work, and anyone who steps across the threshold is going to be, at the very least, exposed. But after studying my pleading eyes and dejected form, how desperately I need to see Ernie regardless of the consequences, her elbow nudges the door open. I thank her profusely, stepping by her to get inside, ready to dash to Ernie’s room. The low sound of Mrs. Winland calling my name again stops me.

When I turn towards her, she nods and says, “Make it count.”

She walks into a different room, leaving me with her vague instructions. It’s not hard to connect the dots, though.

With Ernie.

Make it count with Ernie.

With that, I start down the hallway to his room. Family portraits and school photos, even Ty’s drawings, hang along the walls, but I don’t look at them. I can’t bare the think that the little boy will only remain in the photographs and the art he created, forever immortalised behind a piece of glass and four cornered frames. I can’t even bring myself to think about looking at the older boy in the pictures, so I keep my head down until I reach his door and push through without delay.

He doesn’t hear me come in. He also doesn’t hear the small click the door makes as it closes behind me. I begin to wonder if he’s asleep, but as I move around his bed, wading between the piles of clothes on the floor which were never there before, I see his eyes are open and looking out the window next on the parallel wall.

“Ernie?”

He suddenly snaps to attention. When he sent me a cheeky selfie last Saturday, I thought he looked a little worse for wear than he did the previous night I saw him. But, as I watch him now, I can see the sheen of sweat covering his sinking facial features. His skin is paler, which is saying a lot for someone who lives in a city that receives very little sun to begin with. Even from my distance, I can see a notable change in his irises; a few off-white spots have appeared close to the edge of them, standing out against the brown colour.

I lose all words. I’m not even sure if I had any coming in.

He shifts under his pile of blankets, no doubt the source of his sweating, but I can also make out the slight shivering to his body. “De...What are you doing here?” he asks with a hoarse voice.

I sob.

“I had to come see you,” I force out. “I’m not going to let you be alone when you said you weren’t feeling well.”

He frowns. “I-I said that?”

Ernie poses the question more for himself than me. I walk closer, sitting down on the edge of his bed. “It doesn’t matter anymore. I’m here now, and I’ll be here. With you.”

“No…” He starts to shake his head. “No, but you shouldn’t be here. Y-you could get sick. No, no, no.”

As if to prove it, he begins to cough.

“I don’t care anymore,” I stress. “I could already be sick and just not know! But I do know that I am going to stay beside you, regardless of any virus, or parents, or the fucking rapture!”

He looks over my shoulder, eyes going out of focus like he’s daydreaming. When he glances at me again, he asks, “Why are you crying?”

It only makes me cry more. “Because I love you, damn it.”

These words aren’t a revelation. We said them for the first time a few months ago, but only sparingly since then. For the special occasions or moments when we were caught up in each other. We never take the words lightly, and always cherish them greatly.

Make it count.

Ernie’s frown grows in confusion. “You shouldn’t be crying because you love me.”

“My grief is as great as my love,” I whisper. “And I haven’t even lost you yet.”

He doesn’t seem to have heard my words, his attention is back to the window. I stare at it with him, willing myself to calm down at least a little. There’s nothing outside of his window except the view of another building, but having something to focus on helps for the moment. Ernie coughs at times, and at one point, I feel him shift until his hand is free from the confiding blankets, reaching for mine. It’s a small comfort to know that, whilst it seems his mind is somewhere else completely, he’s still present in some form.

Eventually, he speaks again. “Do you want to lay down?”

Make it count.

“I want to kiss you.”

I don’t think it’s what he expected me to say from the look on his face, a look reminds me of the healthy Ernie. He says with a small smirk, “We could do both.”

I laugh. I am actually able to laugh in such a moment, after a week of feeling like I’d never laugh again.

So, caution is completely stranded on the side of the road as I lay down on his right side, on top of his mounds of blankets. And I set an alarm for five in the morning, early enough to run back home before anyone else wakes up. And I kiss Ernie, because I want to make everything count.

And I wait for morning, praying it will never come.

#flourished sun #fs #FSp3 #delaney #ernie #apocalypse #fic #fiction #original fiction

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weabbynormalblog · 5 years

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#James Corden, fat shamming-is Horrible!!!

People who shame others are in fear of something.

I too struggled with my weight a good portion of my life. At my heaviest I was over 300 pounds. I've been bullied and harassed about my weight. I made the healthier changes to my lifestyle for me.

This process below helped me maybe it will help you too.

For starters forget everything you know about food. Forget about any kind of diet. Forget about the bullying or being different. You have to be open to changing your beliefs about food not just your choice or portion of foods. Let it all go! You have everything to gain with good balanced nutrition. It worked for me. I'm as healthy as can be.

Change your thoughts, you change your life!

We aren't just what we eat, we are also what we think. That record that plays in your head. The line "We struggled with weight " for all kinds of reasons over and over,falling off the wagon. List them somewhere. Then safely burn them. It's time for a new paradigm.

When we change our vocabulary about our relationship with food we give ourselves permission to accept who we are. No more judgement, no more guilt, no more putting yourself down. No more chastising what we put in our mouth.

Give yourself a way to plot to your short term and long term goals without the shame and embarrassment. Just start with 1lityle step towards a healthier you...cut down to eventualy give up salt or sugary drinks. Think of it as small step to a healthier future self. Be prepared for a long love afair with yourself. Do right by yourself as you would your best friend.

Start small. We know what we shouldn't eat, its because we've made it taboo, and also because we don't set realistic or healthy limits and that when we start to have issues. We need boundaries so we can do away with limiting beliefs like "no diet has ever work for me", I can't stick to eating healthy". Feeling guilty get to the root of why and take steps to eradicated it. When depressed or sad also releases cortisol a chemical in our brain that actually helps us retain water and weight... It's partly our beliefs about food and inactivity that makes us overweight. By this it translates as what is a healthy weight distribution to height? Everything with moderation is just fine, balance that with more physical activity and water. The goal is not to loose weight but to take small step towards a healthier lifestyle.

Anything thats gonna stress you out and forces you into a colum A to Z won't work. This is also the reason that the majority of diets don't work. Often they are too extreme in comparison to our current eating habits. To have lasting effects you must keep up your healthy ways a minimum 6 weeks to make any substantial lasting change. Bull! Or you can keep on trying to add or remove unhealthy to healthier alternative over time. Don't eat stuff you don't like. Don't eat be cause you "have too" either. We are all a product of our environment, don't beat yourself up about it. People acts as mirrors often showing us what we don't want to see but often it's what we want to change the most. It's challenging to eat healthy, not hard. And certainly not rocket science. What's another way of thinking about it? Develop your palate to being open to trying new cusines. You know how to motivate yourself. You are a beautiful, talented and funny person!

We are way more than how small minded people perceive us. List all your good qualities. Celebrate you!

The goal and emphasis should always be about good health on your terms. Cheers!

If there's a type of take away that you like, why is that? Does it tug on your comfort strings? Does it bring you pleasure? Do you feel guilty? If you do Why? I'm guessing someone else made you feel that way which wasn't very nice, they also may have a love hate relationship with food too. Have a bit of this and that and your fruit and veg too. Is it possible to enjoy this "type" of food all the time? Is it not unrealistic to enjoy the devil chips once and a while be realistic about portioned amounts that you eat mindfully with enjoyment. Learn to cook your favorites remove the bad stuff and add healthier ingredients or find a healthier way to cook it? Like air frying Fish and Chips. Ask some of your friends to get involved. It's not about starving. It's about feeding yourself the good stuff to keep all those bells and whistles going. Raw Food is medicine. Think color and abundance. Analyse what you are all about. Educate yourself about the building blocks of human anatomy, what does your body need to run smoothly? Be your own personal project, think pro active. You are the best expert on you! Screw everyone else! (Even me a well wisher-this is about you not me).

Slowly integrate healthier options into your lifestyle. Park the car a bit further, always have snacks and water so you always have healthier alternatives on hand. If you are perfectly happy the way you are, then don't change a thing. Walk and swim if you can. Good health is not a race, its a journey and a state of mind. Be mindful of everything you eat and drink. Keep a journal. Ask yourself questions. Am I really hungry? Am I drinking enough water. Am I eating as healthy as I can? What's at the root of this food issue behavior. The miss use of Food is just a symptom for want or missing something else. Vitality and prolonged health is the goal to eating healthfully. Where can I consume less bad fats and insert the good ones. Eating healthy does not mean following a diet or limiting what you love to eat, when and how you eat it, thats just ridiculous. Eat when you're hungry. Not cause your sad, go for a walk instead, and have a glass of water too.

When we hunted and gathered we ate 12 -14 times a day. A handful here and there, fruit, veg,dried meat, fish and foul. We eventually settled into 3-4 meals a day and a more sedentary lifestyle too. Us humans need physical activity and good food.

Want chocolate go ahead, have a bit today, some tomorrow, really enjoy it, savor things without the abuse. Have a good port with that too as you slow down at the end of the day. The darker the chocolate the better too. Push past these stupid health myths and dieting taboos. Good nutrition is actually about eating as much as you want and need; its about getting healthy. It's not about starving.

I promise you will never struggle with your weight or yourself again.

Practice good sleep hygiene too! Be mindful of what your eating and when and question yourself. most importantly Enjoy!!! No judgment!!! Get to the root of questioning your eating habits, how they evolved and how its intergrated into your life.

Life is meant to be enjoyed with balance in all things. Food, drink, entertainment, rest, activity and self love. We don't get this way over night. Be good to yourself first by making small better health choices on your long term goal of being healthy. Give up process and convenient ready to eat foods. They are loaded with preservatives, salt and sugars. Eat more fruit, veg and nuts too! More water, get a step counter. Encourage and treat yourself often! And it doesn't have to be food, a book by a favorite author, a massage etc. Everyone deserves the best life and long lasting health regardless of where you are.

#good health #fat shamming #no more diets!#body positives #balancing your life #good nutrition #dieting myths

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ddaypharmacynet · 4 years

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“Nitric oxide is released during the sexual stimulation that leads to the inhibition of PDE5 and the increase of blood in the corpus cavernosum (a type of smooth muscle) of the penis,” according to an expert at the Department of Urology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In fact, when a man is sexually stimulated, and does not suffer from Erectile Dysfunction, nitric oxide gas is release naturally to relax that smooth muscle.

Some men claim that it also delays ejaculation, but there is no scientific proof for this claim.

When the enzyme is blocked, the blood flows smoothly into the relaxed smooth muscles of the penis and causes an erection when sexual arousal is present. Drugs like Cialis and Viagra can have an effect over a long period, but Cialis is known for lasting longer, and has earned the sobriquet “the weekend drug.” It has been known to work for up to 36 hours.

Cialis Tadalafil is also used to treat urinary urgency, hesitancy, weak stream, dribbling, and incontinence, as well as enlargement of the prostate, called benign prostate hyperplasia. This is a common condition as men get older. An enlarged prostate gland can cause uncomfortable urinary symptoms, such as blocking the flow of urine out of the bladder. It can also cause bladder, urinary tract or kidney problems.

Lieel Icos Cialis Tadalafil 80 mg and 100 mg tablets, which have been intended for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, have been examined by national authorities in several countries, and found to be dangerous.

“The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has tested products labelled Lieel Icos Cialis tadalafil 80 mg and 100 mg tablets (as compared to Lilly’s genuine products) and found that:

· The tablets did not contain the stated substance tadalafil.

· The tablets contain the undeclared substance sildenafil.

· Consumers are advised that sildenafil is a prescription-only medicine,” the

Australian authority warns.

Hong Kong’s Drug Office adds: “In Hong Kong, there are four Cialis tablets products are registered by Eli Lilly Asia, Inc. and manufactured by Lilly SA. All of them are prescription-only medicines. The Lieel Icos Cialis tadalafil tablet as mentioned in the TGA’s announcement is not a registered pharmaceutical product.”

In fact, the compound is illegal in most jurisdictions.

Consumers are advised to get a prescription for the legally available drugs.

What is Erectile Dysfunction?

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is when a man cannot achieve or sustain an erection, whether on a persistent basis, or off and on. Men who cannot have or maintain an erection at least 75 percent of the time that they attempt sex are considered to have erectile dysfunction.

Erectile dysfunction makes sexual intercourse impossible. Men first begin to suffer from it around the age of 40, according to a report by the Massachusetts Male Aging Study. They also found that an estimated 18 to 30 million men are affected by erectile dysfunction.

Having Erectile Dysfunction doesn’t mean that you don’t desire women any longer. There may be nothing wrong with your libido, but your body simply no longer responds the way it should when you experience physical desire. And usually this is a physical problem.

Diabetes is, by far, the most significant cause of Erectile Dysfunction. Approximately half of the men with diabetes, and in particular Type 2 diabetes, experience erectile dysfunction. It can stem from damage to nerves and blood vessels caused by poor long-term blood sugar control, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Nevertheless, good blood sugar control can minimize this risk.

In addition, the following four diseases can lead to erectile dysfunction by interfering with blood flow or nerve impulses throughout the body.

· Cardiovascular disease

· Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)

· Kidney disease

· Multiple sclerosis

· For many men, a simple change in lifestyle can make a vast physical difference.

· Try these approaches to improve erectile dysfunction and your overall health, the Mayo Clinic says:

· Stop smoking. Tobacco use, including smoking, narrows your blood vessels, which can lead to or worsen erectile dysfunction. Smoking can also decrease levels of the chemical nitric oxide, which signals your body to allow blood flow to your penis.

· Lose excess pounds. Being overweight can cause — or worsen — erectile dysfunction.

· Include physical activity in your daily routine. Exercise can help with underlying conditions that play a part in erectile dysfunction in a number of ways, including reducing stress, helping you lose weight and increasing blood flow.

· Limit or cut out alcohol. Excess alcohol can contribute to erectile dysfunction. If you choose to drink alcohol, do so in moderation. For healthy adults, that means up to one drink a day for men older than age 65, and up to two drinks a day for men age 65 and younger.

Should you choose Cialis Tadalafil?

On television, we see men happily popping drugs for Erectile Dysfunction, and having no visible issues.

In fact, there can be side effects to Cialis Tadalafil, and to the other drugs that treat Erectile Dysfunction, including headaches (the most common side effect), backache and stomach upset, facial flushing (reddening), diarrhoea, flu-like symptoms, nausea, blurred vision, changes in color vision, and abnormal ejaculation.

More serious potential side effects include hearing and vision loss. PDE5 inhibitors may affect platelet function and therefore prolong bleeding. Cialis Tadalafil should be used cautiously in patients with bleeding disorders or active ulcers. Tadalafil should not be combined with Adcirca (another form of tadalafil) or other PDE5 inhibitors, for example, vardenafil (Levitra) or sildenafil

And, you will often hear jokes about how long an erection lasts, but it’s not funny: Priapism is a serious medical problem, one that should be treated in an emergency room.

Priapism can cause serious complications. The blood trapped in the penis is deprived of oxygen. When an erection lasts for too long, this oxygen-poor blood can begin to damage or destroy tissues in the penis. As a result, untreated priapism can cause erectile dysfunction, thus making further use of drugs like Cialis Tadalafil and Viagra impossible.

Should you take Cialis Tadalafil?

Harvard Medical School suggests you consider the following:

How often do you have sex? If it’s two or more times a week, a daily pill might be a reasonable choice, since the drug continually circulates in your bloodstream.

How important is spontaneity? A daily pill clears the path for sex at any time—if the drug works for you. (Remember, just like other drugs for Erectile Dysfunction, it may not work for everyone). On the other hand, the 36-hour window offered by the nondaily version of Cialis might offer enough spontaneity.

Have side effects of your current ED pill been bothering you? Taking a daily low-dose pill may reduce side effects, though it may reduce effectiveness as well. In studies, the most common daily pill side effects were headache, muscle pain, indigestion, and back pain.

How much alcohol do you drink? Men taking Cialis for daily use can experience a worrisome drop in blood pressure if they drink too much. Cialis Tadalafil and alcohol both reduce blood pressure, so, when you combine them, blood pressure may plunge causing you to feel dizzy, to get headaches and an increased heart rate.

What other medications do you take? Ask your doctor if any medications or supplements you take might interact with a daily erectile dysfunction pill, including blood pressure drugs, antifungal drugs, and HIV drugs. Also, men taking nitrate medications are advised not to take any ED drugs.

Your partner may well have feelings about all this, and it’s something to discuss, and not something to be hidden away or kept from a partner, or glossed over because it’s embarrassing.

Some drugs also do not mix well with Cialis Tadalafil. There are some drugs that, when you take Cialis Tadalafil, increase the levels in your blood. These include erythromycin, ketoconazole (Nizoral), itraconazole (Sporanox), indinavir(Crixivan) and ritonavir (Norvir). If you are taking these drugs, consult your doctor who may recommend reducing the dosage – high levels of concentration may augment the side effects.

On the other hand, the effects of Cialis Tadalafil may be reduced if you take Rifampin, carbamazepine (Tegretol, Tegretol XR, Equerto, Carbatrol), phenytoin (Dilantin, Dilantin-125).

If you take nitrates of some kind for blood pressure or to increase your heart rate, then Cialis Tadalafil enhances these effects, possibly to an undesirable amount. Some common nitrates for these purposes are nitroglycerin, isosorbide dinitrate(Isordil), isosorbide mononitrate (Imdur, Ismo, Monoket), nitroglycerin (Nitro-Dur, Transderm-Nitro) that are used primarily for treating heart pain (angina).

Cialis Tadalafil also increases the effects of some alpha-blocking drugs for example, terazosin (Hytrin) that primarily are used for treating high blood pressure or enlargement of the prostate. Individuals who take these alpha-blockers should be on a stable dose of the alpha-blocker before tadalafil is started. In such situations, tadalafil should be started at the lowest dose. If the patient is already taking tadalafil, the alpha-blocker should be started at the lowest dose. Combining tadalafil with alpha-blockers for treatment of BPH is not recommended.

Dosage

Cialis comes in yellow, film-coated and almond-shaped tablets.

Dosage runs from 10 mg for the initial dose, taken orally at the discretion of the user prior to sexual activity. After that, maintenance doses are from 2.5 mg up to 60 mg. Higher doses should only be taken under the strict supervision of a doctor who can judge efficacy and tolerability.

Cialis Tadalafil can be taken either once, with a 36 hour window in which to have sex, or every day, so that it’s possible to have sex daily. Your personal habits and feelings should help you to choose what’s right, with due consideration of the side effects (discussed below).

It is possible to take Cialis Tadalafil for up to 24 months, according to a 2004 study. “Four hundred ninety-three (42.0 percent) men completed 24 months of treatment. In addition, a further 234 (19.9 percent) completed 18 months of treatment due to a sponsor decision to reduce the study duration. The total tadalafil exposure was 1676.0 patient-years. Tadalafil was safe and well tolerated,” the study showed.

Tadalafil at doses of 5, 10, or 20mg taken as needed up to once daily for 18 to 24 months was safe and well tolerated. These findings support the long-term use of tadalafil in the clinical management of erectile dysfunction.

Should Women take Cialis Tadalafil?

Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) may be due to physical or psychological factors. In the United States, about 43 percent of women report sexual problems, and 12 percent report that these problems are the cause of distress. Female-specific diagnoses of sexual dysfunctions include female orgasmic disorder, female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD), hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), dyspareunia, and vaginismus, according to recent studies.

While the use of PDE5-inhibitors has revolutionized the treatment of male sexual dysfunction, their true place in treating female sexual dysfunction has yet to be confirmed. Although there are various reports of the success of Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra for improved sexual performance in women, there is limited data to support these claims, these studies show.

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Hey Guys! I’m so happy to have Chauncey Rogers here!

I’m also stoked to post another “Book vs Movie” piece! It’s been ages, and I really liked this movie. Actually, I like it more than the book (*dodges rotten vegetable matter). I know it is a rare occurence when this happens but Will Smith brought so much more to the character.

Anyway, here is Chauncey’s take on “I Am Legend”, and don’t forget to read my review on his book “Home to Roost”.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead (If you haven’t seen or read this movie by now, apologies)

Hello everyone! I’m Chauncey Rogers, humble author and story critic, here to offer my thoughts on I Am Legend by Richard Matheson and I Am Legend starring Will Smith.

But before we dive in, a quick thanks to Shanannigans for hosting me. Thanks! I (like many of the rest of us) love seeing your reviews for books and film, and am especially fond of the movie poster showdowns. It’s a treat to have my post here!

And now a warning: I will have spoilers. If you’ve seen the film, then I won’t really be spoiling the book for you. Despite what some people may say, their stories are actually very similar.

Now to the review(s). Here is how I’ve organized it:

Book – Blurb, Summary, Reaction

Film – Blurb, Summary, Reaction

To the Big Screen! – Changes from book to film

Book vs. Film – Which do I prefer?

Closing Thoughts – How Mania affects perceptions

I Am Legend – By Richard Matheson

“Robert Neville” has witnessed the end of the world. The entire population has been obliterated by a vampire virus. Somehow, Neville survived. He must now struggle to make sense of everything that has happened and learn to protect himself against the vampires who hunt him constantly. He must, because perhaps there is nothing else human left.”

Summary: I Am Legend was first published in 1954, and was set in a then-future 1976. Interestingly, it was first published as Science Fiction because of this.

Matheson’s story begins at the end. Mankind is gone, and Neville—a regular guy who happened to survive everything—is cooped up in his Los Angeles home, which he has turned into a fortress to protect himself from the vampires. Through flashbacks, it is revealed that Neville’s wife and child had died from the plague. Neville is horribly lonely, and spends his days gathering supplies, killing the vampires, and struggling against his own depression, fantasies of suicide, and alcoholism.

Neville finds temporary hope in the form of a dog—a small canine that has somehow survived the plague and the vampires. After many days of baiting it, he is able to catch it, but only because it has become sick and feeble. He keeps it for several days before it dies.

His next salvation comes from studying the vampires and the disease that caused them. First, that it is caused by a bacteria, and is not anything supernatural. Many of the symptoms of the vampiric disease are also explained, such as their sensitivity to sunlight, avoidance of crosses (and other religious symbols, crazed behavior, and their apparent immunity to bullets. He also discovers (or realizes) that an encounter with a sick bat in Panama is likely the cause of his own immunity to the disease. However, he never discovers a cure for the disease.

His final salvation comes in the form of a woman who he finds wandering outside.

SPOILERS AHEAD! But the woman is actually one of the vampires, a member of a more docile group that has found ways to cope with the disease. They are afraid of Neville and angry with him for killing members of their group. She came to him as a spy for the group, but develops feelings for Neville very quickly, and warns him that he must flee before other members of her group come to attack him. He stays, is mortally wounded when they come to capture him, and then takes poisons slipped to him by the woman, hastening his inevitable death. As he dies, he realizes that he is the last of the normal humans, and is now become a legend to the vampires, much as the vampires were legendary before the plague.

My Reaction:

The film came out in 2007. I saw it in 2007 and knew that it was based on a book. Most reviews I heard of the book at the time said that it was, “Stupid, weird, about vampires, and not like the movie.”

So I didn’t read the book until very recently, at the recommendation of a friend whose opinions I respect (unless we’re talking about Star Wars).

I’m glad that I finally read it. Parts of it were surprisingly exciting, and Matheson gives you a real look into Neville’s mind and heart. It’s not too difficult to become attached to him.

There are two common complaints I’ve heard about it. First is that it isn’t much like the movie. I disagree, but we’ll get into that later. Second is that it is too short. I can sort of agree with this, but I also find it to be a good thing—a book that ends before I feel bored/finished with it is usually a pretty good book. However, the end can feel a bit abrupt, so there is merit to that complaint.

I Am Legend – Starring Will Smith

“Robert Neville is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable. Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of the world.”

A cure for cancer is developed by mutating the Measles Virus so that it targets and destroys cancer cells. However, the disease soon mutates, and becomes the apocalypse-causing Krippin Virus. Krippin Virus kills spreads like wildfire, killing 90% of the people who are contracted with the disease. Almost all of the remaining 10% become crazed and bloodthirsty, seeking to feed on and destroy those who are uninfected.

Robert Neville is one of the 0.002% of the original human population with a natural immunity to KV. He is also a military scientist and virologist, and has been working for the past three years on developing a cure for the disease. His wife and child died early in the outbreak, and since then his only companion has been a dog, Samantha (Sam). He spends his days gathering supplies, broadcasting messages to other survivors on the radio, waiting for anyone to hear his messages, and working to cure the disease from his bunker/home in Manhattan.

Using his own immune blood as a base, he finds a potential cure that seems to work on rats. Eager to test the cure on a human patient, he baits and traps one of the infected, taking a young female into his lab for experiments. Unfortunately, the cure he discovered seems ineffective on an infected human subject.

SPOILERS AHEAD!

Shortly thereafter, Robert Neville is himself baited and trapped by the infected, even though he believes them to be so devolved as to make something as complicated as constructing a trap impossible. He is able to escape, but his dog is wounded by one of the infected during the encounter. As dogs are immune to the airborne strain of KV, but not the blood/saliva strain, Sam develops the symptoms of KV and Robert Neville is forced to euthanize her.

Without his companion and fueled by rage and grief, Neville seeks a suicidal vengeance upon the infected that night, and is nearly killed. At the last second, he is rescued by a woman and a young boy, both of whom are naturally immune to KV. They take the delirious Neville back to his bunker/home.

The girl and boy are headed to a rumored camp of survivors, and ask Neville to go with them. He insists on staying and working on a cure. However, before anything is decided, his bunker/home is attacked by the infected, who discovered where he lived the previous night by following Neville, the boy, and the girl home.

The humans take shelter in the basement laboratory from the infected, and discover that Neville’s cure worked—the infected girl is seemingly cured. Unfortunately, they are trapped and the situation is dire. Neville makes the boy and girl take the cure and hide, telling them to go to the colony of survivors and have the cure produced and distributed. Then Neville kills himself and the infected, thus allowing the girl and boy to escape.

The girl and boy find the rumored colony and bring the cure with them, acknowledging themselves as Neville’s legacy, and Neville as their legend.

My Reaction:

Will Smith does a phenomenal job portraying Robert Neville. Like Tom Hanks in Castaway, he’s a man acting alone (Just kidding. He has Sam, who also did a phenomenal job). His performance is very emotional.

Overall, the movie is great. Sad parts, some funny parts, and some very tense parts. Like in the novel, Neville’s history is revealed piecemeal as he goes through his daily routines. Like the novel, the ending comes quickly.

I saw the film when it first came out in 2007, and then again more recently. The infected are mostly CGI, and they look fairly dated at this point—that plasticy look that CGI often have. However, the other aspects of the film hold up just fine after ten years. It’s a good thrill overall. However, like most movies of this genre, the best experience is the first experience. There is rewatch value, but I think once a decade is often enough for me.

TO THE BIG SCREEN! – Changes from the Book to the Film

Remember how a lot of people complained about them being waaaay different? Well, let’s look at those differences. Then we’ll look at them again.

1b – Robert Neville – Spent time in the military during World War III (Yes, that’s a 3), and that was where he picked up his immunity to vampirism, basically by being vaccinated by a vampire bat. Before the outbreak, he worked in a factory. His daughter died from the disease and was burned. His wife died from the disease and was buried, then returned from the dead because of the disease, and was re-killed and re-entombed by Robert Neville. Alcoholism is a huge struggle, as is lusting after the vampire women.

1f – Robert Neville – A career military officer and virologist who also happens to be immune to KV (what a lucky coincidence!). I don’t recall the book specifying a race. The wiki said he was white. Obviously, Will Smith is black. His daughter is a little older and was killed along with his wife when the helicopter they were evacuating Manhattan in crashed (another helicopter lost control and ran into it).

Were the changes good for the movie? Movies have to cut a lot of information. Making him naturally immune is a lucky break, and seems a bit forced, but the backstory of the vampire bat is a bit hoaky and seems highly unlikely. Making him a virologist is a good change, since he is running a complex laboratory and trying to develop a cure—in the book, the man doesn’t even know how to use a microscope at first, and would have no business actually curing the disease.

Choosing Will Smith as the actor also seems like a good choice to me. He’s a strong enough actor to carry a film on his own, and the race of Robert Neville is not important to the story at all.

Having his family die in front of him, instead of slowly and separately from the disease simplifies the story, and adds an awful surprise when you go from “Oh good, his family got on the helicopter to escape,” to “And now they’re dead” in 3 seconds. Overall, a good change. The film does feature an homage to his daughter in the book, however, in a scene where Neville is searching a home and finds a nursery decorated for a little girl. Also, having the daughter be older is perhaps slightly less appalling than killing a small infant (Maybe? It’s still horrible.), but is certainly a good change, because it strengthens the audience’s attachment to…..Sam!

2b – Dog – Neville finds a small dog, is able to catch it, and it dies. It gives him brief hope of companionship, but that’s pretty much it.

2f – Dog (Sam) – Neville’s daughter, Marley (named after Bob Marley) insists that Neville keep their puppy, Sam, with him to keep him company. She does this as she boards a helicopter to evacuate Manhattan, literally seconds before dying. It makes the connection to Sam VERY powerful. Sam is also a German Shepard, not a little dog.

Were the changes good for the movie? – Absolutely. Sam is a great character. His size allows him to be involved in the action. His connection with Marley makes him very potent emotionally. His duration in the story makes his death much more meaningful, because both audience and Neville have had time to bond with him. I’ve seen his death appear on lists of “Top Ten Saddest Animal Deaths in Films” lists. Much better than the book.

3b – Setting – Set 26 years in the future (from when it was published) and after a third world war, which helped spread the disease (more on that later). However, there was no mention of flying cars or anything. Just a mild version of the future.

3f – Setting – Set in the near-future from 2007. Basically set in the modern day. The only really special thing about this is that the film “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” was predicted (prophesied of?) in the background of one shot, even though it wouldn’t hit theaters for another 9 years.

Were the changes good for the movie? Yes, I think so. They could have stuck with the older setting, but why? It could have been told in either, but made the film more real and relatable to the viewer to have it set in the modern day. Furthermore, the setting of the book was secondary to the story, possibly even tertiary, and really didn’t tie into the movie in any way, except in one way: the way the virus spread.

4b – The Disease and the Infected – In the book, it’s a bacteria. The thermonuclear exchanges of World War III caused a bunch of dust storms, and somehow the dust storms spread the bacteria? It was a bit confusing, partially because Neville doesn’t fully understand it in the book. The bacteria could reanimate the dead, provided that they died from the disease. These were referred to as “True Vampires,” and once killed, would vanish in a puff of smoke (Not really. But they’d almost instantly decompose into dust. The bacteria were holding their body together. Literally [I don’t use that word unless I mean it.]) The infected are referred to as vampires, and are sensitive to garlic (though Neville can never isolate why they’re so sensitive to the smell of it), are nearly bullet proof (because the bacteria are, again, literally holding their bodies together. However, using a stake prevents the bacteria from re-fusing the body and closing the wound, allowing the vampire to die of blood loss), and avoid mirrors and religious symbols (this is purely psychological, and is connected explicitly to whatever religion the infected was before becoming a vampire). The vampires are incredibly bloodthirsty, but retain memories from before their infections. Infected also lose all pigment. Finally, the vampires are sensitive to sunlight, since it kills the bacteria, unless it is in it’s dust-storm spreading form.

4f – The Disease and the Infected – In the film, it’s a virus—a mutated version of the measles virus. Infected are highly sensitive to UV rays, which are what gives normal people sunburns. Basically, they get incredibly bad sunburns incredibly quickly. This is actually a real thing—I have a friend who suffers from this condition, and yes I’m being serious. Anyways, all the infected people have it. They also have drastically heightened metabolisms and temperatures, and are very fast and strong. Neville thinks that they lack all semblance of human intelligence, but he believes the same in the book, and is proven wrong in both. Infected also lose all pigment, and their hair falls out. For some reason, they also love to bash things with their head. They’re never called vampires, but instead are referred to as “Darkseekers” by the girl. She’s from Brazil, so maybe that’s why she’d have a different name for them. Unlike in the book, the infected are never dead. NEVER DEAD. NEVER, EVER, ARE THEY DEAD! They’re not bullet-proof, either—or are they? Neville never kills one with a gun, although he shoots at them plenty. You decide for yourself.

Were the changes for the movie good? This is, I believe, where most of the gripes come into play. People who saw the movie and then read the book are mad because the book is about vampires, not zombies (even though the movie isn’t about zombies, either). People who read the book first were mad for the opposite reason. Silly people. In the book, the people who are sick are much more like vampires. In the film, things are again simplified: they’re just crazy infected people wanting to eat Robert Neville. I felt like the disease in the book was perhaps too complicated, and the way the bacteria worked was unconvincing to a reader in 2017. Back in the 1950s, perhaps, but not as much today. However, there are flaws in the film, too. Why, for instance, would an infected bash his head into things like crazy? Why? If they’re intelligent enough to build traps and control infected dogs, why bang their heads against things? It doesn’t really add up. I think that the changes are good, but I’m not super pleased with all of them.

5b – Other People – There are no other people. Just the girl who is actually infected, who learns to care for Neville and tries to save him from the other infected people.

5f – Other People – This is another pretty big change. The woman and the boy show up, and there is the promise of other survivors as well. They try to save Neville from the infected by bringing him with them, but he refuses to leave Manhattan.

Were the changes for the movie good? Perhaps. It was a great twist in the book when the girl turned out to be another vampire, though one that was disguised. However, given the physical changes of the infected in the movie, it would have been difficult to explain a disguised vampire in the film. And, to be honest, it’s a bit tough to swallow in the book, too. For example, she hides her lack of pigment with makeup—makeup that rubs off later when she sort of attacks him. However prior to that they were had some degree of intimacy. He didn’t notice her skin being covered in foundation? Anyways….Again, the change gets rid of the twist that the book had, but it was important for making the ending work.

6b – The End – Neville is wounded (shot in the chest by gun-wielding vampires), taken to the vampire’s compound, and then slipped poison by the girl. He kills himself, rather than go on trial before the vampires and be executed.

6f – The End – Neville’s bunker/home is revealed and attacked by a large group of infected, and his emergency precautions and security systems fail to beat back the infected attackers. He discovers that he actually did find the cure for the disease, gives it to the girl and the kid, and then dies heroically/stoically to defeat the attacking infected. The girl and boy leave, find the compound, and the day is apparently saved.

What?! Surprise alternate ending?! 6F(2) – The End – Same thing, only instead of Neville dying at the end, he realizes that the attacking infected are just trying to rescue the infected girl that he captured for testing—apparently their leader is in love with her or something. He heroically/stoically wheels her out of his Plexiglas safe room and lets the infected take her away. Then they all live happily ever after. And it is so stupid. SO STUPID!

Were the changes for the movie good? Eh. I feel like the ending is a weak point for all of them. In the book, the ending comes quickly and feels anticlimactic. In the movie, the ending is a little bit better built, and has the lovely twist of Neville actually curing KV, but it is also perhaps the big betrayal of the source material, making Neville a savior-hero instead of a legend-hero. And the happy ending version is…just dumb. Some people may like it, but it seems to undo much of what the film worked so hard to establish. Furthermore, not every story needs a happy ending.

Book vs. Film – Which Do I Prefer?

It’s a tough call, but not too tough. I would choose the film over the book. I found the film more enjoyable, and better-built story-wise. However, the book is a classic. The film is not. That film will be largely forgotten, but the book will continue to be read as an early-modern horror story—something that helped to create and define a genre. It’s a good book, and well-deserving of its status as a classic.

Closing Thoughts – How Mania Affects Perception

My final thoughts are a bit less reviewy and more just thinky.

When I Am Legend hit theaters in 2007, people labeled it a zombie movie. Zombies were kind of an exciting thing at the time, though they hadn’t gotten the hype that The Walking Dead would bring. Still, I Am Legend was, apparently, a zombie movie. If you don’t remember this, or don’t believe me, then just check the reviews on Amazon for the film, and you’ll see the word “zombie” popping up all over the place. There is nothing about that movie that really suggests that they are zombies. The infected are ugly, but not dead. They have a bloodlust and rage issues, but they aren’t dead.

The interesting thing to me is that in the book I Am Legend, Robert Neville starts off the book by saying that the scientists were wrong. Scientists had said that the vampires weren’t supernatural. They were just victims of an infectious disease. The scientists and government, in the book, were fighting against the hysteria caused by the vampire outbreak, a hysteria only made worse by people believing the vampires to be a supernatural manifestation of the powers of evil, rather than the natural (albeit gruesome) affects of a bacterial infection.

Neville eventually comes to realize that the scientists were right—the vampires were not supernatural at all, and everything about them could be explained in terms of symptoms and psychology. He continues to call them vampires, but he realizes that people’s mania, caused by fear of evil and vampires, had clouded people’s minds from making better choices and acting more rationally.

Now, when I Am Legend came out in 2007, there was a bit of a zombies mania building up in our culture. That mania caused people to see the infected people in the film not as vampires (or even infected), but as zombies. Just like people in the book had called the infected vampires, moviegoers called the infected zombies, letting their mania color their perception of reality, and ultimately, causing people to be unjustifiably critical of the book.

So what? Well, my parting thoughts and perhaps semi-inspiring words are these: don’t let manias affect your critical thinking skills, judgments, or behaviors. There are real world applications for this, too—not just critiquing books and films.

Judge things for what they are, not for what the mania surrounding them is. Sometimes this is trivial and unimportant—Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, for example, is trivial and unimportant, and was affected by a sort of mania upon its release. Sometimes this is not trivial and very important. The new family in the neighborhood, packed into a tiny home, refugees from a distant war-torn country, speaking their own language and believing their own religion—they are neither trivial nor unimportant, and they will be greatly affected by the mania of the day. Separate yourself from manias, and judge people (and things) for what they are. It may just make you a better critic and a better person.

Chauncey Rogers was born in Arizona, and since then has hopped back and forth between the mid-western and western United States. He married in 2012 while attending school in Utah. His favorite movie since he was three is Jurassic Park, and he wishes very badly that Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster were real, though he doesn’t believe in them as much as he used to.

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