• mholiv@lemmy.world
      1·
      28 seconds ago

      This is the analyst attitude that the comic is trying to point out.

      Everyone has physical health struggles more or less but when they get bad enough that you have to go to a hospital you get treated well and people don’t blame you and you aren’t expected to blame yourself.

      Everyone also has mental health struggles more or less but when they get bad enough that you have to go to a hospital you get treated poorly and judged, people blame you and society pressures you to blame yourself.

  • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
    431·
    6 hours ago

    I do agree with the message about invisible disabilities and mental ableism, but I’m gonna push back on some of this greener grass thinking. For a lot of physical health struggles like chronic fatigue, diabetes, juvenile arthritis, etc… they don’t get this kind of support. Being trans is also often a physical health struggle as much as mental. I like reminding people that gender dysphoria is a genetic disorder.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
      316·
      6 hours ago

      That made me think of a joke thats funny to me…but I’ve learned that most OTHER people find some of my humor far too upsetting to be funny.

      So instead, just think about that clip of donald duck getting a handjob from daisy duck where he cums all over the place, and then says “oh boy! You are a mess! I’ll go get you a towel!”

      Thats ALWAYS funny!

  • YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world
    23·
    1 hour ago

    2 guys at work with known health issues… One is off with stress/mental health. He’s also online at 3am playing video games, vapes like a chimney, lives of Monster Energy drink and does zero exercise. The guy with cancer is still coming in.

  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    6 hours ago

    If it is chronic those flowers and cards dry up quick. Also the medical care and attention beyond hucking out pills. Which brings us to panel 2…

    • brian@lemmy.ca
      17·
      6 hours ago

      maybe if the second girl took some time to look nicer then people would be more willing to give support

      Spoiler

      /s

    • angrystego@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 hour ago

      Are you sure? I thought they were both hospitalized and that was the point. The second pic doesn’t look like someone’s bedroom.

    • ickplant@lemmy.world
      7·
      5 hours ago

      If the person with mental health issues goes to the hospital, their stay is not spent in a room with flowers where others can visit.

      • AngryishHumanoid@lemmynsfw.com
        31·
        4 hours ago

        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.

        • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
          1·
          4 hours ago

          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.

      • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
        34·
        5 hours ago

        I struggle with mental illness myself, as do family members of mine, and several close friends. PDD, GAD, and other diagnoses. I’m pointing out that this is a surface level representation of “not all disabilities are visible” meant to attract likes, but doesn’t actually add to the conversation or convey anything substantial. In 2026 we all know what depression is and looks like, which makes this artwork low hanging fruit. It doesn’t help that the subject is a white woman, for what it’s worth.