In class we have been talking about states of consciousness and the two types; altered state and waking consciousness. In the movie awakenings the patients of Dr. Sayer "wake up" due to the administration of the drug L-dopa. After the patients are awake they deal with the reality that their life has passed them by. Put yourself in their shoes,would you rather be left in the altered state or woken up 30 years later knowing that your life has changed, but at least you are aware and have the remaining years of your life.
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In the movie awakenings the drug L-dopa is prescribed to patients who have been in a altered state for twenty plus years. This drug makes them "wake up" and go on with life normally. But the side effects include things like ticks and realizing that when they have woken up, their lives have passed them by.
If I was left in a altered state for twenty plus years, i would want to be "woken up." I would rather be woken up so that I could see the world and my children. Since I was in that state for so long ,I would want to live the remainder of my life, experiencing everything I could. I would not want to be left in the altered state because I would not want to be living trapped inside my own body. I would want to enjoy the experiences that i still could, even if that meant going through the heartbreak of returning back to the altered state of mind.
After watching the movie Awakenings I feel that If I were one of Dr. Sayer’s patients I would want to be “woken up”and experience life again. In the movie his patients had mixed feelings ranging from anger and resentment to excitement and joyfulness . I think I would experience all of the emotions that his patients felt. I would be confused at first depending on the time span of when I was “sleeping” and then excited that I was back.
If many years passed I would be sad that I missed so many opportunities in life because of my illness. In the movie one of Dr.Sayer’s patients had no family or friends when he woke up and was experiencing all the aches and pains that come with old age. He was very down and depressed most of the time. If I was in that situation I would feel the same way, I would be sad and angry because no one deserves to go through that.
After having this emotions this is when I would be grateful I was ‘woken up”. Even with no family or friends there was at least one person (most likely my doctor) who was determined to cure me and help me return back to my life. For instance in Awakenings without Dr. Sayer’s determination and hard work those patients would not have been cured even though it was temporary. It only takes one person like Dr. Sayer to make a difference.
I would be thankful for my life back so I could experience the sense of touch, walking , and just having a conversation with whoever was there to listen, All the little things in life most people take for granted. The most important reason why I would like to be “waken up” is that if doctors were able to cure me then God obviously has a plan for my life. Everything happens for a reason and if I was “waken up” there would be a reason why. If I had no one to share my life with after I “woke up” I would be a living testimony for others who suffered or will suffer from that illness.
Brittany payne
In the movie awakenings, patients at a chronic hospital were given the drug L-dopa. This drug caused them to "wake up" from their altered state of consciousness and let them experience the world again. The only thing is that they had been asleep for 20 years. If I was in an altered state of consciousness, and a drug became available that could bring me out of my altered state, then I would most definitely want to be woken up. Even though so much time had passed, I would still want to be able to go out into the world again and not be trapped I'm my own body. Even if I did have to go back to this altered state of consciousness, it would be sad but I would be very greatful for the little time that I did have where I was "awake" and could see my family and friends.
In the movie awakenings the patients living in a chronic hospital are now able to take a drug called L-dopa. This drug allows the patients who have been trapped in an altered state of consciousness to wake up and go back to living a normal life. If I had been stuck in an altered state of consciousness I would want to be woken back up because I would have missed so many years of my life. Even if I was much older I would want to know how my family and friends were and how I looked after so many years. It would be great just to go back to living a normal life and being able to do things you used to could do, even if it was just a short period of time and sent me back into an altered state of consciousness. It would be extreme depressing to me and my family if I was to be “woken up” but then returned to the state I was in before, but I would be very grateful for the little time I had been given.
Im really glad i got to watch the movie "Awakening". It truly made me appreciate the little things my life and realize how much i take for granted everyday. In the movie Dr. Sayer becomes a new doctor at a chronic hospital that has patients who have been in an altered state of consciousness for about 30 years. He discover that the drug L-dopa actually wakes up the patients so that they can live a somewhat normal life. If i was in the patients shoes, i would definetly want to be woken up. It would be sad and emotional to think that almost half of my life has passed me by, but i would feel blessed to have the opportunity to live the rest of my life normally. Iould be appreciative to be able to walk, talk, eat, sing, move, and just communicate, all the little things in life that we take for granted.
I can’t imagine the terrors of being woken up after missing 20+ years of your life. If that were me, I think I would want to be woken up even if it was only for a little while. I know what it’s like to be unconscious and then wake up, although that’s different from going to sleep and then waking up. When you’re unconscious, you don’t even notice that you’re out of it. When you’re asleep though, you can get up whenever you want. So if I were woken up, it might give my family a little peace about the situation because it would probably be hard to have a family member go through that. Although I wouldn’t remember that I was awoken I would still have that little time to “live” again.
In the movie, Awakening, the patients in the chronic hospital were prescribed the drug L-dopa to waken them up from their altered state of consciousness. When they woke up, the patients had lost many years of their life and had to be told that they were no longer living in the same time period as the time when they went into their altered state of consciousness. This was hard for the patients to cope with; they wanted things to be the way that they were long ago. If I were to put myself in the shoes of one of these patients, I would want to be woken up instead of being left in an altered state of consciousness. Even though I would not know what was going on and would have to relearn things, it would still be a happier state than being in the altered state of conscious. I would be able to communicate with others instead of being in a blank stare all of the time. Being woken up would bring happiness to myself and the ones around me because I would be able to speak to them again. Being able to communicate with others and smile is very important to me and when in an altered state of conscious that would not be possible; therefore I would want to be woken up. :)
In class we watched the movie "Awakenings". In the movie Dr. Sayer, a doctor at a chronic hospital attempted a study to "wake up" patients suffering from dementia. He gave several patients a drug called L-dopa, this drug however was not to treat their type of illness but he thought it might help, and it did for some time.
If I was in the patient’s position and given the opportunity to be "woke up" or stay "asleep" even if the awakening was for a short time I would want to be awakened. After being asleep for such a long time I would have missed out on so much, and it would be interesting to see the world 20 years later. To see all the changes and advancements would be a great opportunity. However knowing that I would soon deteriate back to my former position would be depressing, but at least I would get to see and experience this whole new world even if it was for only a few days.
-Taylor Atwell
The movie "Awakenings" is about a doctor in a chronic hospital that treats his patients with the drug L-dopa. His patients lived in an altered state of consciousness that made them like ghosts. The drug woke them up from that state and they were able to live somewhat normal lives. It worked successfully for some of the patients, but for others it did not and they returned to their former state of altered consciousness. If I were one of Dr. Sayer's patients, I think that I would want to be woken up. I would want to be able to live the years remaining able to interact with people and the world. I would have to relearn some things, but at some point in life everyone has to relearn something. Life changes in 20-30 years, and i would want to be able to see what new technology and other inventions were out there. I would want to experience life once again before I died.
In the film Awakenings, Doctor Sayer finds a medication he believes will awaken patients that have been in their altered state of consciousness for decades of years. When the patients are awoken, they are unable to cope with the fact ten to thirty years of their life has basically disappeared. Some of the patients still believe they are in their twenty's when they are really in their fifty's. Others, were completely boggled by the situation and lost their mind. After putting myself in those patients shoes, I decided I would want to wake up, instead of staying in the altered state. Although it would be very hard adjusting to your age and environment, you would be able to enjoy the life God blessed you with and be a motivator for people who are not thankful for their lives or the things put in it.
Watching the movie Awakenings made me thankful for my health and my family. If I didn't have my health and I was in a catatonic state, I wouldn't want to be woken up. I can't imagine being 17 one day and 50 something the next. Since sleep doesn't have a good sense of time, waking up I would still feel 17 but I would look old and wouldn't be as healthy. That much time going by being asleep would be miserable. I wouldn't want to wake up because even if I was awakened, I wouldn't live a normal life, much less an exciting one. The hospital would keep me inside, and it would be like a cage. Even for Leonard, he couldn't go for a walk by himself. I wouldn't want to wake up because of my family. I know that it's hard to have that kind of tenacity to stay around someone in that state, even if you love them. I wouldn't want to learn about their passings, or that a family fued had broken them up. Tragedies can bring a family together or tear them apart, and more often than not, it's torn apart. I wouldn't want to wake up because I would be afraid of being alone. I would be afraid that everyone had left and that all I had was other crazy people and my doctor.
Watching this movie made me fully appreciate my health, and my family and friend's health. It made me thankful that my family hasn't had to go through something like a family member being asleep. My family is well and even though God has taken away, He has given us so much.
-Megan Eastergard
I would definitely want to be woken up compared to the alternative of staying in a semi conscious coma. That would be I think the most miserable experience anyone could experience. I also think if I was in a semi conscious coma instead of being entirely unaware I would drive myself to the brink of insanity because being alone with myself for oh 10 plus hours everyday would possibly get old. The people that were ungrateful need to take a step back and look at the bigger picture that now you are awake, was being almost what can be defined as dead any better even if the life you knew is gone? It should make them appreciate life and or consciousness that much more. I would appreciate the small things I had taken for granted like just being able to get up and move unhindered every day. I would also thank God that someone figured out how and cared enough to try bring me back to the world of the aware.
Sean Jenkins
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In class the other day, we watched a movie called “The Awakening”. This movie is about a doctor prescribing a drug that will potentially “awake his patients from a type of sleeping state, where they can not move, but they know what is going on around them. Personally, if I was in that situation, I would like to take the drug. It would miserable going 30 years, and not being able to talk, move, or even interact with other people. If I took the drug, after a long period of a sleeping state, I would probably be really confused, because I would not really know where I was. One good effect of taking that drug is probably being able to start a new life, or continue with the old one that you had. It would be great to see how your family has aged, or see what they have done with their lives, but it could also be bad because you could wake up to something that you might not want to know was going on. Overall, I would take the drug so I could have my life back.
In the movie "Awakening" Dr. Sayer begins working at a chronic hospital and decides to try prescribing a drug called L-Dopa which is used for a different disorder but Sayer believed it would "awaken" these patients who have been in an altered state of mind for many years. If I was in an altered state and had been somewhat unconscious, I would like to be woken up so that I could experience that little bit of time and be aware of what is going on. Even though I would be very upset and confused when I was awaken, n the end, I would be thankful I was given the drug so that I could actually live part of my life out of that "altered state" of mind.
In the movie "The Awakening" patients that are in an altered state, with no hope of "waking up" are put into a chronic hospital. After realizing he may have a chance at bringing them back, Dr. Sayer finds a medication that "wakes the patients up" for the time being. After being "asleep" for 20+ years, the patients feel emotions that range from both extreme excitement to unbelievable anger. Their frustration sets in when they realize that they have missed out on so many years of their lives in this altered state.
Although I would be extremely confused, I believe I would rather wake up from the altered state. Even if it was only for a few days, I could enjoy time with loved ones that I hadn't enjoyed time with for many years. This movie made me realize how for granted I take the little moments and decisions I make in life.
-Sarah Cook
In the movie "The Awakening" Dr. Sayer after many months of reaseach finds a drug to "awaken" his chronicly ill patients. the drug is sucessful for sometim ebut then has draw backs. the patients are taken off the drug and back to their "sleep" state. If i had to the chance to be woken up i would. Even if i was only going to be woken up for a few days of months. I would still want to expericence the world. It would not be easy because of all the changes and the fact of being alone but to be "awaken" for a while to me would be worth it.
If I had a choice on whether to be woken up or left “asleep” I think I would choose to stay asleep. Already being asleep for 30 or so years, the world would have changed so much and the people I used to know and love would be completely different. I think it’d be more of a painful shock for me to realize that nothing I knew is the same. If I were to fall asleep right now like the patients in Awakenings, I know I would be already a Christian. I wouldn’t really need to wake back up. Cause then I would eventually die and go to Heaven, which is better than a radically changed life here on Earth.
-Alex Dworek
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