I have people I care about who are at home in their bed a lot because of medical issues, no one is bringing them flowers. I get what the comic is trying to do, truly. But analogies of things that are different are not good analogies.
not saying I’ll people aren’t left alone, just that for mental health issues, being alone tends to be the norm.
during my long depression, I genuinely wished I had a terminal disease, so I get to die and family/people would have to at least pretend to be nice to me, plus with opioids, I might actually feel some good emotion before I die. that isn’t a rare though for people with severe long term depression.
and many other mental health issues end up with depression due to isolation, stigma, and the nature of depression.
people with mental health issues end up at home alone.
That’s not a fair representation of our society; a lot of them end up in the street or incarcerated as well.
It is even worse than I want to consider.
I have people I care about who are at home in their bed a lot because of medical issues, no one is bringing them flowers. I get what the comic is trying to do, truly. But analogies of things that are different are not good analogies.
not saying I’ll people aren’t left alone, just that for mental health issues, being alone tends to be the norm.
during my long depression, I genuinely wished I had a terminal disease, so I get to die and family/people would have to at least pretend to be nice to me, plus with opioids, I might actually feel some good emotion before I die. that isn’t a rare though for people with severe long term depression.
and many other mental health issues end up with depression due to isolation, stigma, and the nature of depression.