According to Dorlands Medical Dictionary, health is a state of optimum physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. What does that even mean? Well, the basic concept is that even when we feel good, it doesnt necessarily mean that we are healthy. Conversely, when we feel bad or sick, it doesnt necessarily mean that we are unhealthy either.

Everyone has a different definition for what they think health is. Some people say that it is feeling good; others say that it is being not sick, and still others say that it is having everything work together in unison. There are a lot of ideas of what health is, but the actual literal definition of health (according to Dorlands Medical Dictionary) is a state of optimum physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. What does that even mean? Well, the basic concept is that even when we feel good, it doesnt necessarily mean that we are healthy. Conversely, when we feel bad or sick, it doesnt necessarily mean that we are unhealthy either. Take the flu for example. When we have the flu, the symptoms are fever, or our body heating up to kill off a foreign substance; vomiting, or our body trying to remove something foreign inside of it; we feel weak and achy all over, because our body is working over time in order to put its defense mechanisms into overdrive. So, are we really unhealthy in this state? Our bodies are actually creating a healthy response to something in order to get rid of it.