You Will Not Shame Me – The Stigma of Mental Illness and Prescription Drugs
This post started with a phone call from a television producer. “We’re doing a show about ‘Moms on Medication,’ and we got your name as someone who might be interested…
2013
Chronic Illness and Self-Medicating, aka Pass the Wine
I confess that I used to be very judgmental when it comes to people on government assistance who use drugs, homeless people who beg for money and use it to…
Situational Mutism and the Silent Treatment, aka Trapped in Your Own Head
When I get really upset, I can’t speak. Literally, I can’t speak. I am sure this is immensely frustrating for my husband – God bless him – but I don’t…
Autism and Literalism, aka Why We May Seem Condescending and Pedantic
My mom yelled at me a lot during my teenage years for being condescending and disrespectful. Teenage daughters and their mothers tend to argue a lot, and I recognize now…
My Post-Flu CFS Flareup That Won’t Go Away
On January 8, the day I’d been waiting for to read the final book in the epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time, I got sucker punched with a nasty…