About the Hiddenness of Health in Illness. When we fall ill and receive a serious medical diagnosis such as breast cancer, heart attack, or stroke, or a mental illness like anxiety disorder, depression, psychosis, or a diagnostic mix like burnout or general pain conditions, life is filled with many questions for help, and the search for answers occupies daily life. Nothing is as it was before, and the patient wants to quickly understand what this illness means amidst the turmoil of the diagnosis, what treatments and support are available, what consequences to expect for their own life, and what the prospects for recovery are. The threat to health posed by an illness raises fundamental questions about human existence. With the advances in medicine and the insights from psychotherapy, this has always been intertwined.