it is still commonplace to see people using "mental illness" as an insult, would they do the same with cancer or dementia?
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Sadly yes I have a serious bone marrow failure disease and a non-alcoholic fourth stage liver cirrhosis and people think I'm lying or attention because I'm making it up cuz I want to sit on the couch and watch TV at 60? Most people are terrified of nothingness. Death is 100% real
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It baffles me why people have these attitudes, presumably they expect never to become unwell or to die.
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It's blissful ignorance, I guess... But, as Nora McInerney @noraborealis said in her TED talk on grief, as the truth she uncovered, which was: "Everyone you know has a 100% chance of dying."
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Yes I like to quote Dr Atul gawande on this one well he said how do you tell someone they're 100% going to die? I find that kind of funny because that is part of life and we would be stronger to look at it with more compassion and greater skill and knowledge. Humans are limited.
Mar 12, 2023 · 8:22 PM UTC
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