During times of
emotional upset, children are
functioning from their lower brain (which controls the fight, flight, or freeze response) and need to calm down
before they can access their higher brain (responsible for logical thought and reasoning).
In a small study of terminally ill patients, infusions of vitamin C were given twice per week for a week, together with oral vitamin C. Quality of life scales were completed both
before and after treatment, and indicated that patients reported better overall physical,
emotional and social
functioning, as well as decreased disease symptomatology, including fatigue, nausea / vomiting, pain, sleep disturbance, and loss of appetite.
But «The Good Dinosaur» is also a score that
functions on far more levels, giving an ethereal sense of wonder for a world where the big lizards never died, as well as a mystical bond between its orphaned heroes — giving their bonded heart an
emotional payoff that's as tear inducing as any Pixar music
before it.