See the logical contradiction inherent in the language? Most people understand “illness” to refer to a disease an individual has. Language shapes thinking. “Illness” implicitly locates the cause “inside” a person, diverts our focus away from other causal possibilities. https://twitter.com/dranniehickox/status/1252199243693072384
It's not the concepts or the ideas, the problem is inherent in the language. Once we frame the problem in terms of use use the term "illness," the average person is already thinking of medication and medical interventions
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