Like culture, health goes hand-in-hand with our human-needs like love, success, the basics, esteem, and security. These human-needs are what drive us to continue in our everyday lives and also play a huge role in encouraging us. If we go without one of them it can be stressful and have an impact on our health. For example, if one goes without the basics like food and water eventually you will starve and die and if one goes without love it would be hard to go through life every day without someone encouraging you and caring for you which can cause stress which may eventually lead to diseases like heart failure. Love is far more than just an emotion; the affection that comes from love is like medicine, good for the mind, body, and soul. .
Lay folk, and professional health care sectors were terms that were very new to me when they were introduced in the course. I had never known that there was certain term like, "folk," that identified a cuarandero's health approach or the things that our parents and friends do for us to make us feel better were, "lay," health approaches. These terms have opened my eyes to the health professional world, showing me that it is much more complex and diverse than it seems. These health approaches I believe also correlate to someone's culture because the things you were taught or done for you when you were younger carry over to when you become independent. When I was younger, we had a saying that we would go by, "you don't go to the doctor unless you're dying." I was taught that doctors always just wanted your money and that there were other ways of preventing and getting rid of illnesses. Whereas, a lot of people I grew up with visited a cuarandero when they were sick or just immediately went to see a doctor. .
This course has also opened my eyes to see the bigger picture of self-care. I used to think that self-care was just the natural everyday things you do that take care of your health like sleeping and hygiene but I understand now that it is much more than just the natural.
