It's one thing to use magic to treat physical ills such

>>50685689
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>>50685689
In the wheel of time removing madness was pretty damn cool, could easily link in better understanding how to see and heal madness or what have you with greater ability.

>>50685689
>metaphysical/spiritual ills
That's implying that there is a "normal" state of the mind and that it's beneficial for you.

The thing is, while deviation from the "normal" state of the body are almost always a bad thing (disregarding things like magical/technological augmentations and whatnot), deviation from the "normal" state of the mind is not necessarily bad.

>>50689171
>That's implying that there is a "normal" state of the mind and that it's beneficial for you.
Since we live in communities, there are anormal states of the mind, that disturb people's integration into said society. Which is the reason why psychiatry is a thing, and the definition of mental disorders vary from culture to culture.

And no need for quotation marks. Norms are, by definition, nothing more than a consensus.

>>50685689
You could probably use something like charm person to help during psychotherapy. Or to heal psychosis.

>>50690949
>healthy state of the body
>defined by clear-cut standards

>healthy state of the mind
>defined by the whims of the society
????

>>50692731
>>healthy state of the body
>>defined by clear-cut standards
>implying
If people were consistently living to 200, the longest-living person on record would be considered an exemplar of poor aging. It's all about comparisons.