Health is metabolic efficiency. Sickness is metabolic inefficiency.
Nobody is
totally healthy or totally sick. Each of us is a unique combination of
health
and sickness. And each of us has a unique combination of abilities and
disabilities, both emotional and physical.

As we grow up, we learn that we are loved for our abilities but hated
for our
disabilities. This happens at home, at play, at school, and at work.
Sometimes, this even happens with our doctors, especially if our
disabilities
mystify them or remind them of their own disabilities.

So, we try to hide our disabilities from people and from ourselves.
This
charade undermines our relationships and our self-esteem. We learn to fear

society and hate ourselves.

Self-hatred is the most debilitating sickness. It interferes with our
ability to
seek and accept help. And everybody needs help. How do we free ourselves
from self-hatred?

First, we reclaim our disabilities, whether society accepts them or
not. This
means that we learn to accept ourselves. Then, we cope with our
disabilities.
This means that we learn to take care of ourselves.

Competing interests:
None declared