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jesse_the_k) wrote2009-11-23 12:21 pm
jesse_the_k) wrote2009-11-23 12:21 pm
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The perils of unseen disability/impairment
This is all over the nets this morning. It's the perfect "tag" or "stinger" for news machines: it's got Web 2.0 tech, plus a stigmatized unseen impairment (mental health, in this case, major depression), plus a thin woman wearing a bikini.
Canadian insurance company cancels her disability benefits, claiming her happy Facebook photos demonstrate fraud by payee with depression
More reasoning errors thanks to over-broad metaphor. Major depression is not simply "sadness." It's emptiness, it's exhaustion, it's pain, it's worthlessness, and most perniciously, it's isolation. On my own, it's even harder to believe that I have things to give, a will to act, access to succor, or valuable qualities.
That's why I treasure the regular activities which drag me out into a social universe.
Also, I adore that a trip to somewhere warm or light is economically termed a "sun vacation" from the cold & dark Canadian perspective.
Canadian insurance company cancels her disability benefits, claiming her happy Facebook photos demonstrate fraud by payee with depression
More reasoning errors thanks to over-broad metaphor. Major depression is not simply "sadness." It's emptiness, it's exhaustion, it's pain, it's worthlessness, and most perniciously, it's isolation. On my own, it's even harder to believe that I have things to give, a will to act, access to succor, or valuable qualities.
That's why I treasure the regular activities which drag me out into a social universe.
Also, I adore that a trip to somewhere warm or light is economically termed a "sun vacation" from the cold & dark Canadian perspective.