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Brad Yonaka's avatar

Maybe laughter really is the best medicine.

Kat Somewhat's avatar

Yes - in all three cases, ‘healing’ seems to work best once the mind gives up on understanding and replaces it with a story it can live with. Psychology would call it integration; skeptics might call it narrative damage control. But, nevertheless delicious story!

World Stories, Told My Way's avatar

Really interesting about the passing of illness to another being. (Though I feel rather sad for the cow.)