It has been common today to dismiss the power of metaphors. They are used to describe everything, from a mere paintbrush to life itself. Though in recent discussions about metaphorical language, the question of whether or not metaphor’s play a role in how we perceive our bodies, experience sickness, and/or pursue health has arisen. On one hand, James Geary discusses how important the metaphors are that we use and how they serve us in his Ted Talk “Metaphorically Speaking” and Michael Erard further elaborates on these points in his essay “See Through Words” by establishing a conversation about who is the most capable and responsible for making them. From this position, it seems as if the power of the metaphor comes from the target audience’s ability to perceive it. On the other hand, Dhruv Khullar explains in “The Trouble with Medicine’s Metaphors” how significant metaphors are as they pertain to healing and medicine. According to this view, metaphors have the power to impact our healing as they make people perceive different amounts of pain. In summary, the issue comes from whether or not metaphors have the power to impact our thinking surrounding ourselves and our health.
My own view is that metaphors have the power to impact our cognitive thinking, which leads to an effect on our mental and physical health, depending on a certain situation. Though I concede that metaphors have a direct correlation with impacting our health, I maintain the position that they play a role in how we perceive ourselves which leads to an influence on our overall health.
1. That metaphors play a role in how we perceive ourselves
2. How metaphors affect us, the power of metaphors,
3. How metaphors lead to an influence on our overall health with the help from Geary, Erard and Khullar
4. Because it pertains to our health
5. Argue that metaphors do affect how we perceive ourselves
You have great ideas , I would just shorten it and maybe combine the two paragraphs together to make one. Some of your information you should save for later paragraphs especially when you talked about each writer, you could use what you said about each to start a new paragraph.