Wednesday, November 18, 2020

 I like this. Especially apt since I've been managing my health recently.


Radical nonpathology is the antithesis to the medical model taken up by conventional psychology and even some proponents of Eastern spirituality. The medical model is rooted in the notion that if somebody has a symptom of some sort, there is a disease down below: there is something wrong with the person that ought to be fixed. A nonpathological model, then, is rooted in the notion that there isn't anything wrong with any of us. Nonpathology sees symptoms, even painful ones, as evidence of our innate drive towards health and well-being. A fever, for example, is just your body "cooking" a virus or bacteria out of you. The symptom of a fever isn't evidence of an inherent problem in your body. It's evidence of your body's innate intelligence, responsiveness, resilience, and robust drive toward health.

~ Don't Tell Me To Relax, by Ralph De La Rosa

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