Click for PDF. Illness, Identity, and the Redefinition of Self through Narrative My Experience with Guillain-Barré Syndrome By Adrian Wittenberg Adrian Wittenberg holds an M.A. in humanities and currently resides in San Francisco, California. Introduction The mind and body are linked in an individual’s self-identity. A disease—an abnormal biological condition—thus leads to illness, “[the] innately human experience of symptoms and suffering. . .” which includes the ways that “the sick person and members of the family or wider social network […]

Categories: Article, Fall 2013 Issue • Tags: identity, illness, narrative, Oliver Sacks