Gah! I know. It's like saying to someone with kidney failure, "C'mon, stop messing around and make your kidneys work normally". I'm not sure why people think the brain or chemicals in it are magically self-healing when other organs obviously aren't.
And I don't recall anyone accusing Stephen Hawking of being lazy.
Ehhh… I think I agree with the point you're trying to make, but it's really not true that people don't think that organs are magically self-healing. People say astonishing and invalidating things to physically disabled and physically chronically ill people, too. Here are some that I and some of my disabled friends have gotten:
• "Just power through it."
• "People with your condition run marathons, you know"
• "You don't really NEED that, do you?" (about mobility aids)
• "I don't like you taking medication."
• "I get tired too."
• "The only thing holding you back is yourself."
• "If you'd just eat right and exercise, you'd get better."
• "Have you tried yoga?" (How‽)
• "My brother had that, but he decided to get better."
• "It's all in your head."
• "Do you even want to get better?"
Of course, saying horrible, invalidating things about depression is just as bad as saying them about physical illnesses or disabilities (I'm speaking as someone who's physically disabled and has major depressive disorder). But don't expect people to be particularly reasonable or sensitive, just because a condition is physical (especially if it's invisible).
As for Stephen Hawking, people may not call him lazy, but that might be because they're too busy crowbarring him into other destructive tropes. See the following article:
http://disabledtalk.tumblr.com/post/19972659050/the-super-crip-stereotype-press-victimization-of
Much truth in violet words. I'd kind of forgotten just *how* stupid people can be (including me, to an extent, in this instance).
"My brother had that, but he decided to get better"
They're all *awful*, but that's the one that really makes me want to grind all the teeth out of my head. It's kind of like a double whammy, isn't it? Like, "Hey! You're disabled. Now I'm going to make you feel rather bad about it and also make it seem like it's your fault".
Is it normal To hate misconceptions about depression??
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Gah! I know. It's like saying to someone with kidney failure, "C'mon, stop messing around and make your kidneys work normally". I'm not sure why people think the brain or chemicals in it are magically self-healing when other organs obviously aren't.
And I don't recall anyone accusing Stephen Hawking of being lazy.
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Ehhh… I think I agree with the point you're trying to make, but it's really not true that people don't think that organs are magically self-healing. People say astonishing and invalidating things to physically disabled and physically chronically ill people, too. Here are some that I and some of my disabled friends have gotten:
• "Just power through it."
• "People with your condition run marathons, you know"
• "You don't really NEED that, do you?" (about mobility aids)
• "I don't like you taking medication."
• "I get tired too."
• "The only thing holding you back is yourself."
• "If you'd just eat right and exercise, you'd get better."
• "Have you tried yoga?" (How‽)
• "My brother had that, but he decided to get better."
• "It's all in your head."
• "Do you even want to get better?"
Of course, saying horrible, invalidating things about depression is just as bad as saying them about physical illnesses or disabilities (I'm speaking as someone who's physically disabled and has major depressive disorder). But don't expect people to be particularly reasonable or sensitive, just because a condition is physical (especially if it's invisible).
As for Stephen Hawking, people may not call him lazy, but that might be because they're too busy crowbarring him into other destructive tropes. See the following article:
http://disabledtalk.tumblr.com/post/19972659050/the-super-crip-stereotype-press-victimization-of
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Much truth in violet words. I'd kind of forgotten just *how* stupid people can be (including me, to an extent, in this instance).
"My brother had that, but he decided to get better"
They're all *awful*, but that's the one that really makes me want to grind all the teeth out of my head. It's kind of like a double whammy, isn't it? Like, "Hey! You're disabled. Now I'm going to make you feel rather bad about it and also make it seem like it's your fault".