All the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are most difficult to be understood by the inexperienced, fall upon the brain.
- Hippocrates
In acute diseases it is not quite safe to prognosticate either death or recovery.
- Hippocrates
These experiences we can only find in individuals for whom religion exists not as a dull habit, but as an acute fever rather. But
- William James
But the underlying chronic condition remains, and eventually new acute symptoms will appear. The more people are into quick fix and focus on the acute problems and pain, the more that very approach contributes to the underlying chronic condition. The way we see the problem is the problem.