Sontag writes that ‘psychologising seems to provide control over the experiences and events—like grave illnesses—over which people have in fact little or no control’.

Psychologising gives the ‘other’ a false sense of certainty and a false sense of control — ‘I am not like this, I will never become ill’. One has already triumphed over the illness.

Perhaps modern day’s psychologising of diseases like ME and Long Covid stems from a deep seated fear of death and decay.

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