
09/09/2025
I’m reading a book by a journalist interviewing several doctors.
One paragraph states: “Diseases prompt change; human beings typically don’t change unless they face the threat of death. It is often out of fear that they alter their behaviors. In some ways, diseases serve this purpose.”
I find this perspective disheartening because nothing else seems to matter when you’re in pain. For those of us who have gone through this struggle, we often try to warn others about the consequences of their food and lifestyle choices, hoping to spare them from the same suffering. Unfortunately, many people are unwilling to listen.
Does this mean that each individual must experience pain in order to change?