She argues that , as a consequence of this denial , illness has never gathered its own vocabulary , leaving the ill without language to express their experiences : " The merest schoolgirl , when she falls in love , " argues Woolf , " has Shakespeare or Keats to speak her mind for her ; but let a sufferer try to describe a pain in his head to a doctor and language at once runs dry . " . Examining her own familiarity with illness , Woolf undertakes a rigorous , compassionate , and droll investigation of how illness shapes the identity of a sick patient , particularly the invalid , not only affecting his or her perceptions of the world but also awakening the helplessness of being unable to convey those perceptions , or the effects of illness , to others . .

Question: What may happen when a patient gets sick ?
Answer: A sick patient would feel invalid .They would accept their illness .They would deny that they 've fallen ill .Being ill could shape their character .