Seven years ago, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat began a sudden descent to a hellish nightmare of chronic pain. He recounts his experiences of illness and faith in the beautiful memoir “Deep Places.”
Seven years ago, The New York Times columnist began a sudden descent to a hellish nightmare of chronic pain. He recounts his experiences of illness and faith in the beautiful memoir “Deep Places.”| Feb. 19, 2022, 1:38 a.m.
This was the mystery phase of the experience. Because we were still in Washington, I was seeing doctors in the city. I probably saw 11 doctors in the span of a couple of months. None of them could figure out what was going on. The blood tests all seemed to be negative. I went to various specialists. In each case, there was a prodding toward a more psychiatric diagnosis — that I was under stress, and this was all a product of a weird mind-body interface.
The metaphor I used in the book was an image of a house. Most people who are reasonably healthy and have good experiences with the medical system live in a nice, well-lit, HGTV kind of living room with hardwood floors.
I’ve written about it somewhat sympathetically but ultimately in critique of its theological deficiencies. At an intuitive level, I also bought into it. I had this meritocratic script where you are master of your own fate: You rise because you deserve to rise. And the way that script interacted with religion was that there was this sense that if you do things right, God will help you fulfill your ambitions.
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