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<blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 6165512" data-attributes="member: 1231">That was probably an unnecessarily long title, but I seem to have a problem with making thread titles that accurately portray what I am talking about.This is a serious question, and it delves into an issue of political importance, but I do not believe the question or discussion is necessarily political itself in the way we are not supposed to talk about here on EN World. In many articles about the history of the Indian Residential Schools in Canada, there is a big focus on us taking action that will allow the &quot;healing&quot; of the traumas inflicted in them to take place. Of course it is true that we must take action so that victims and their descendants can recover from the wounds inflicted therein, which at this point are mostly emotional ones. But there is something about how the word &quot;healing&quot; is used that just rubs me the wrong way these days, as if it has become a stereotype or a melodramatic or soft way of describing recovery; almost mystical in its effects. What I am wondering is whether this is just me, or whether the fantasy trope of healing as a literally hand-wavy method of making injury going away has influenced me towards not being able to appreciate the sincerity of the words meaning in real life. I am not even sure that the word &quot;heal&quot; as a verb is affected by this same perception: it may have to do with just &quot;healing&quot; used as a noun.Maybe I should not expect anyone to have anything else to say on this. After all, maybe it is just a personal quirk. And this post is obviously kind of rambling. But if anyone else thinks they can relate or sympathize with the phenomenon I am referring to I would be interested to hear about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kaodi, post: 6165512, member: 1231"] That was probably an unnecessarily long title, but I seem to have a problem with making thread titles that accurately portray what I am talking about. This is a serious question, and it delves into an issue of political importance, but I do not believe the question or discussion is necessarily political itself in the way we are not supposed to talk about here on EN World. In many articles about the history of the Indian Residential Schools in Canada, there is a big focus on us taking action that will allow the "healing" of the traumas inflicted in them to take place. Of course it is true that we must take action so that victims and their descendants can recover from the wounds inflicted therein, which at this point are mostly emotional ones. But there is something about how the word "healing" is used that just rubs me the wrong way these days, as if it has become a stereotype or a melodramatic or soft way of describing recovery; almost mystical in its effects. What I am wondering is whether this is just me, or whether the fantasy trope of healing as a literally hand-wavy method of making injury going away has influenced me towards not being able to appreciate the sincerity of the words meaning in real life. I am not even sure that the word "heal" as a verb is affected by this same perception: it may have to do with just "healing" used as a noun. Maybe I should not expect anyone to have anything else to say on this. After all, maybe it [I]is[/I] just a personal quirk. And this post is obviously kind of rambling. But if anyone else thinks they can relate or sympathize with the phenomenon I am referring to I would be interested to hear about it. [/QUOTE]

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