There has been so much stuff written about anti depressants in the ever reliable about medical issues press over the last few years. (like that story that said they weren’t effective in mild cases, which everyone took to read ‘they don’t work at all’ despite the thousands, millions of people with severe cases who had [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Depression’
May 1, 2009
Blogging against disablism – Invisible disabilities
Invisible Disabilities
I ‘don’t look sick’. I look ‘normal’ but I’m disabled. Both by my own definition and by the government’s:
‘A physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.’
I am not always open about it. There are people in my life [...]
September 20, 2008
This will ruffle feathers
A bit of an aside from the usual feminist stuff; but I’m not a one trick pony. This is an issue that’s been bugging me lately.
I know this may piss people off and I don’t care. I’m saying it.
Imagine you’re ill. Imagine nobody believes you, imagine everybody tells you to ’snap out of it’ and [...]
