Venting Why doesn't the body die when the mind has given up?

[KillingPain267]

We all heard stories about someone injured or sick but they had a strong will to live, so they survived the injury or sickness. But why doesn't the opposite happen? My mind has given up, every night I wish it was my last day, but my motherfucking body keeps going automatically.

 

[lacustra]

Psychogenic death is a thing, but the circumstances leading to it need to be terrible. Maybe we are not quite there yet, or we are much more resilient than we give ourselves credit for.

 

[lilyofthevalley404]

I've always described myself as the "indomitable human spirit fighting interpersonally with a mind that may not even be in control of itself" I feel like I'm not my body mind or spirit just an unconsenting passenger

So my body mind or spirit haven't given up but I have

 

[hearball]

evolution has made our body resiliant as fuck . though extreme cases definitely leads to ones demise .