Posted by lovelorn on December 13, 2007, at 20:31:48
In reply to Re: Healing versus Curing » lovelorn, posted by Dinah on December 13, 2007, at 19:57:52
>Is it like the difference between taking antibiotics for a bone infection versus setting a broken bone? In the first case the infection would go away as if it were never there
It is interesting the way you put that Dinah. As if it were never there. My T did mention that cure implies a "reversing" of condition or situation, almost like it was never there. In terms of the emotional trauma or situation that happened, that is not possible. It did happen, there is no "reversing" that. It's done and in the past.
>Healing implies trauma and recovery
I like how you used recovery. I think that applies in what I am trying to understand for myself.
>Like you manage a chronic long term illness. I have diabetes. I will never be cured or healed...
That is another great perspective to provide, the idea of managing. I think with some mental illnesses or afflications it is indeed a matter of managing. In terms of psychological/emotional trauma or abuse issues, I am not so sure the object is to manage it, though there is a certain amount of management required in how to access those traumas with the aim of healing or, as you said, recovery.
>So healing versus curing versus managing?
Well, for my purposes I am contemplating healing and curing. I know I wrote in Llurpsie's thread on the 'F' word that it is best to go to a dictionary when trying to figure out the meaning of words or concepts. I will be doing that in terms of what healing means and what curing means - before I do though I want to explore it a bit in terms of my particular trauma and my emotions and thoughts surrounding it. Emotions are not so black and white sometimes and in terms of "healing" in the psychological sense it can be very subjective. But still I will be looking up the words after I've given it some more personal thought on what it means to me specifically. This would be a case of perhaps different definitions applying.
Thanks for your comments, Dinah.
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