Flu (Influenza)

Influenza is read, like other infectious illness in this framework, as tied to anger - a sign that "nothing is going right" and the body needs to stop. The very idiom for catching it asks: who or what have I "taken against," who or what am I angry with? The fever, aches and heaviness force a pause one may not have allowed oneself. The short explanation's "anger and a sense that nothing is going right" is exactly that. Relief is described as naming and easing the anger one is carrying, and letting oneself rest rather than pushing on.

(Note: this is a metaphysical interpretation; influenza is an infection - rest, care, and medical attention where needed still apply.)

Example from the findings: the flu is read as anger and a "nothing-works" feeling that forces the body to stop and rest.