…but I want that piece of paper! (It’s my “visibility”!)
I was misdiagnosed with Lupus, and took meds for it for 8 years. What’s to keep me from wondering about Fibromyalgia (FM)? Lupus, like FM coincidentally. is one of those diseases for which there’s no specific test. (I understand now how I was misdiagnosed, but still!!)
So what about Depression? What if, instead of a “thing” in and of itself as it’d always been treated, it’s a symptom of something else?
There’s always been a ready reason for each symptom – like depression, for example. But, hey, I’m one single entity, dammit, you know?!
But – how can I possibly explain this? – it’s like the essence of #METOO – I think it’s about being made to FEEL INVISIBLE, yes?
Am I completely wrong? Or is invisibility/relevance my own neuroses? …