Yeah even in the terms of symbolism, that's what shamans use. They're healers.. They might convince you of some crazy stuff but so what if it heals your mental state?

Medications can be used.. They are material made out of 99.9999% empty space as well.. That's just physics.

But there's something called "placebo" and people overlook it. So what if it's nonsense? If your brain can trick itself into healing a certain illness, that's good. There's also "nocebo" effect;

"A nocebo effect is said to occur when negative expectations of the patient regarding a treatment cause the treatment to have a more negative effect than it otherwise would have."

So it depends on how you look at things.. But if someone is suffering - Seeing things that aren't there, that can cause problems leading to harm to self or others.

I do like life. It can be absurd and scary but we're strong people - Take our meds, change the meds, live the best life that we can - Learn from mistakes, etc etc.. And love.. Sometimes hate.. But it's karma. Karma also doesn't exist in certain contexts and philosophical perspectives.

Everyone will be ok.. @ Reader of this ily!