Recovery

Features a quote from the book, 'In Love with Daylight,' by Wilfrid Sheed, on definitions for sickness and recovery.

By PT Staff, published on March 01, 1995

Dodging the Office Plague
Breaking the Stigma Around Eating Disorders, One Story at a Time
Can Love Improve Your Business?
Guest Post: 7 Ways to Cheer Up A Girlfriend
Why you can't eat just one

Find a Therapist

Search for a mental health professional near you.

Find Local:

Acupuncturists
Chiropractors
Massage Therapists
Dentists
and more!

HEALTH

"The sick person who says he doesn't feel quite himself today has it exactly right. Sickness is like a hostile takeover in which the part of your mind that hurts manages completely to dominate and silence the rest of you. And recovery might be defined for the present purposes as the triumphant return of the rest of the self and the demotion of pain to its usual place, sulking in the corner."