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Chronic Illness Is a Paused Process — And Modern Medicine Keeps Hitting “Freeze.”

Most chronic illness is a paused healing process, not a permanent disease. When the body can finish what it started, symptoms shift.

Chelsea M. Thacker · December 18, 2025

Most chronic illness is a paused healing process, not a permanent disease. When the body can finish what it started, symptoms shift.

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