tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14240112.post6356314664004077830..comments2024-03-28T15:21:38.845-04:00Comments on Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History: And you call yourself a....?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14240112.post-17284565198728925402008-01-26T14:10:00.000-05:002008-01-26T14:10:00.000-05:00I just have to add an AMEN to Emily. Dealing with ...I just have to add an AMEN to Emily. Dealing with a loved one suffering from depression is just like suffering from it yourself.<BR/><BR/>It really is.Dawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424791992798960049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14240112.post-77211393564095284392008-01-26T14:02:00.000-05:002008-01-26T14:02:00.000-05:00Hi Emily-Thanks for your comment! It is always ni...Hi Emily-<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment! It is always nice to get feedback from someone new.<BR/><BR/>Her tone with the remark, sarcasm and biting wit, left me with no doubt that she meant for the crowd to laugh. <BR/><BR/>Casual ignorance about mental illness from the general public I expect. From a professional, however, it is reprehensible. <BR/><BR/>IMHO, anyway. For whatever that's worth. :-)Lucy Arinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058860776710439754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14240112.post-79886067989060808822008-01-26T12:19:00.000-05:002008-01-26T12:19:00.000-05:00When I first read what the therapist said, I had a...When I first read what the therapist said, I had a really hard time seeing how ANYONE could laugh at it. I wonder if the therapist hadn't intended it as a joke, and it was just something that the audience misinterpreted due to small-mindedness? I wasn't there so I can't offer any kind of opinion, but I'm just wondering how ANY therapist could poke even a smidge of fun at someone on medication for a mental illness. It's incomprehensible. And as someone who has faced the realities of chronic mental illness (in my Hubbers, which is not the same as having it myself) I have to say that I am appalled that ANYONE would laugh at a person with an illness. Any illness. Sometimes I am sad to be human - can't we reject the jerks from our species?Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898478071139598211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14240112.post-68338974814991014642008-01-25T11:29:00.000-05:002008-01-25T11:29:00.000-05:00yes, I'm hypersensitive to anyone who I perceive a...yes, I'm hypersensitive to anyone who I perceive as criticizing my decision to take the meds. I know. <BR/><BR/>However.<BR/><BR/>The perception of meds in general and mental illness as a disease will never change if even professionals continue to refer to it like this.Lucy Arinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058860776710439754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14240112.post-63864561902495678922008-01-25T10:48:00.000-05:002008-01-25T10:48:00.000-05:00See, to me it didn't sound like she was making fun...See, to me it didn't sound like she was making fun of people who take Prozac (or Wellbutrin, or whatever!) at all. I think she's just saying that we all need a little help sometimes. Maybe you reacted defensively to her comment because it was so personal to you? I react very defensively when people talk about the issues that are dear to me, especially if they don't couch their words the same way I would. <BR/><BR/>But, I agree, professional therapists should be a little bit more sensitive about such things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14240112.post-52415074135170219152008-01-25T09:45:00.000-05:002008-01-25T09:45:00.000-05:00Huh, could be. Didn't think of it that way.Huh, could be. Didn't think of it that way.Lucy Arinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058860776710439754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14240112.post-32930896960916571592008-01-25T08:56:00.000-05:002008-01-25T08:56:00.000-05:00I'd be willing to bet that she is medicated and ma...I'd be willing to bet that she is medicated and made the joke to hide it.Dawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424791992798960049noreply@blogger.com