Comments | technomom: I'd link to it just for this phrase

technomom

I'd link to it just for this phrase

Jul 18, 2006 10:03

"Mental illness robs you of your right to be a weirdo."But actually, the whole danged thing is a good read. There are many parallels to the discrimination that fat people face, too - especially women. If we're carrying any extra weight, every sinus infection results in an admonition to lose weight before the doctor ever pays attention to the actual ( Read more... )

mental health, depression, disability

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Fat people starrcat July 18 2006, 14:14:12 UTC

Or if you go to a doctor bleeding, they tell you to lose weight before looking at anything else.

It is the new panacea - if everyone loses weight the world will be perfect. And of course if you are not to "their" specifications it must mean that you are lazy and stupid.

ARGH!

elfwreck July 18 2006, 16:22:38 UTC

I like this one. A lot. I'm grabbing it for my journal, and trying to avoid sending the author a dozen long-stemmed bobble-headed aliens for the sentence "Mental illness robs you of your right to be a weirdo."

sambear July 18 2006, 18:45:52 UTC

An excellent post. I feel the same way about being ADHD. Very universal truth.

ebonypearl July 18 2006, 18:59:34 UTC

You don't even have to be fat for them to tell you you're fat and need to lose weight. When I was 37, I weighed 87 pounds and went to the doctor for syncope. He told me if I lost weight, the problem would clear up and put me on an 800 calorie a day diet (which I promptly ignored). Turns out I was pregnant.

Oddly enough, since I've gained weight (now at 160 pounds and I think I'll stay here), no one's told me I'm fat.