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    Kristyn Reynolds Professor Tiernan Response to Immune To Reality 9/07/12 Response to Immune To Reality “Upon my back‚ to defend my belly; upon my wit‚ to defend my wiles; upon my secrecy‚ to defend mine honesty; my mask‚ to defend my beauty.” (William Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida) (Gilbert 133)This quote pertains to the mind protecting and or lying to you to not be harmed‚ which has been proved in test today. Immune To Reality written by Daniel Gilbert is a piece about how the mind can

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    “Wisdom” and “Immune To Reality” In Robert Thurman’s essay the “Wisdom‚ he talks about ways in trying to find oneself by looking deep down inside. He also goes into detail to explain what selflessness really mean. Selflessness is a kind of a way of emptying your body of all the negative things and emotions deep down inside. Coming to realize that everything is not about you is one way of experiencing selflessness. Realizing that even though you are in your own body‚ you are still apart of this

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    The physical immune system protects one’s body from outside sickness. Similarly‚ the psychological immune system protects one’s mental health from unhappiness‚ a form of illness. In Daniel Gilbert’s “Immune to Reality‚” Gilbert discusses how the brain acquires happiness. Furthermore‚ he demonstrates how the brain will keep one from achieving his or her true happiness. According to Robert Thurman’s “Wisdom‚” the alternative method of obtaining happiness is through selflessness. There is a famous

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    In Daniel Gilbert’s essay‚ “Immune to Reality‚” he explores how each person’s psychological immune system plays a major role in allowing him or her to cope with traumatic situations that come up in daily life. The psychological immune system is the mind’s cognitive mechanisms that work subconsciously to make the existing state of affairs more bearable. It does this by allowing the brain to make excuses for negative events‚ which‚ in turn‚ help the troubled individual feel better. Gilbert’s conclusions

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    Daniel Gilbert’s article “Immune to Reality” reveals how humans tend to make up excuses for their behavior in defence to the psychological immune system. Gilbert looks at the mechanisms we use to fend off unhappiness and spells out the details of what he calls the psychological immune system. Like the physical immune system defends us from illness‚ the psychological immune system defends us from unhappiness. Gilbert says‚ "Ignorance of our psychological immune system causes us to predict incorrectly

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    from the hardships of rejection or failure. The psychological immune system intertwines with self-esteem by helping people cope with negative responses or outcomes. It allows people to make mistakes and learn from them and give them the ability to accept mistakes from others. In the readings‚ “Immune to Reality” by Daniel Gilbert‚ and “ An Army of One: Me” by Jean Twenge‚ both authors arrive at an agreement that living and facing reality defines a person’s emotions‚ character‚ and behavior. In today’s

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    City”‚ and Daniel Gilbert’s chapter‚ “Immune to Reality”‚ from his book‚ Stumbling on Happiness‚ which discuss strolling through different cities and how the psychological immune system functions‚ respectively‚ both reflect on how regret influences a person’s life in different

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    Immune System

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    How does the immune system react to pathogens? It fights off the pathogen by Leukocytes also known as white blood cells. When a pathogen enters the body the immune system becomes alert to it and sends out sends out the Phagocytes (a type of Leukocytes) which engulf the pathogens. If the body has a weak immune system‚ the pathogens eventually overtake the body which can result in a disease. How do the different pieces of the immune system work together? The bone marrow‚ the lymph nodes‚ the spleen

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    CHAPTER 22 pg. 387 Care of Patients with Immune Function Excess: Hypersensitivity (Allergy) and Autoimmunity Hypersensitivities/Allergies Increased or excessive response to the presence of an antigen to which the patient has been exposed Degree of reaction ranging from uncomfortable to life threatening Classified into 5 basic types Type 1- Rapid Hypersensitivity Reactions-Most Common Type 2- Cytotoxic Reactions Type 3- Immune Complex Reactions Type 4- Delayed Hypersensitivity Reactions

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    Psychological immune system What is a psychological immune system? It’s the way are minds work and the reaction that happens towards it. What does that mean well people have always though that the decisions they’ve have made from the problems they are facing are their own decision making. But in realty it’s the actions that aren’t even their own instead it’s their own unconscious mind doing it for them. In the passage “Immune to Reality” by Dan Gilbert explains that the reason for that is

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