Caught in a trap

摘要

What do you do about a problem that's getting in the way of your life? Leave it to the doctors? Trawl websites in a bid to diagnose and treat yourself? Interview specialists so you can intellectualise it all away? Crawl into bed and pull the sheets over your head? Possibly all of the above, says Zulfikar Abbany, as he explains how he set out to find meaning and context for his sickness.