Beyond Germ Theory: The Power of Belief in Health

THOUGHT Western medicine, obviously, is still based on the the germ theory. And most people, most consumers of Western medicine, still just automatically by default believe in that. That they think that, oh, I quote, got cancer as if like something gave it to me. And then I quote, have cancer and I have to get rid of it. You know, it's in the language. It's I mean, you're a psychiatrist. You understand the power of language, but the way people talk to themselves about disease or health is part of the problem, isn't it? Absolutely, and I think cancer is a great example to think about that because what is the medical name for chemotherapy is called cytotoxic therapy. Right. Right, admit it, right there. Because Yeah, these chemicals, right, are actually poisoning the cells. Now they, of course, will tell you that, yes, they poison the cancer cells, but we're talking about killing and poisoning in order to heal. It it's sort of a, you know, a little bit of a paradox as to why you would even think that could be successful. Well, well, right. But continue, if you would, please, about my point, that people still ...