Brian Breckley MS, PA-C

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The Phenomenology of Suffering

Illness as a reorganization of the lived world

Brian Breckley, MS, PA-C

November 9, 2025 · Working paper · 22 min read

Abstract

Reading illness through embodiment and perception rather than pathology alone.

Placeholder abstract. This working paper considers the phenomenological literature on illness alongside clinical observation, asking what changes for a person when the body shifts from the medium of experience to its object.

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Breckley, Brian. “The Phenomenology of Suffering.” Working paper, November 9, 2025.

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