But Jonquil! Don't you know that if you got reiki/massage/took supplements/drank aloe juice/TRIED HARDER and spent more money, you'd make all the able-bodied people less uncomfortable?
Becuase SURELY the body can be controlled! Surely!
It is about the myth of control, I think--by being ill without reason, by not getting better, we are undermining their faith in this myth, and they must do something, say something, to re-establish that faith and right their worldview. I'm saying "they" but I have probably done it, back in those days before illness.
Well, that was a ramble... Your point about being conspicuous is a good one.
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Becuase SURELY the body can be controlled! Surely!
It is about the myth of control, I think--by being ill without reason, by not getting better, we are undermining their faith in this myth, and they must do something, say something, to re-establish that faith and right their worldview. I'm saying "they" but I have probably done it, back in those days before illness.
Well, that was a ramble... Your point about being conspicuous is a good one.