General Discussion

and run to the doctor for every sniffle and hangnail.

The thing is, we are treating disease. Living responsibly to prevent disease is far cheaper (just like preventive maintenance on a car), but first we have to overcome the vested interests that feed off sickness, and in many instances make you sick because either they don't know what they're doing or they like to line their pockets. And that doesn't even being to scratch the pathologizing of illness in the mental health field.