\u201cNondisabled Demands\u201d reminded me of how mental illnesses, much like disabilities in general, can be turned into a \u201csituation\u201d in which the tables are turned: the disabled person is no longer valid for their feelings, and they\u2019d be better of they if just got out with it. Spill your heart on the table \u2013 everything that makes you, you \u2013 otherwise, you are hurting the people who are \u201ctrying\u201d to help you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes people aren\u2019t ready. Sometimes, the right people aren\u2019t coming to you, or they\u2019re coming at you from a completely wrong angle. No matter the excuse of \u201cwe\u2019re trying to help,\u201d \u201cI know somebody (like the uncle) who has experienced (say\u2026) depression\u2026 We know how you feel.\u201d It\u2019s clumping all people with disabilities into a box and neglecting their individual experience. This negative type of intervention style is so common, and despite many persons who might try to help, the lack of understanding, frankly \u2013 nosiness, \u2013 is suffocating. People don\u2019t owe anybody an explanation for their experiences in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cNondisabled Demands\u201d reminded me of how mental illnesses, much like disabilities in general, can be turned into a \u201csituation\u201d in which the tables are turned: the disabled person is no longer valid for their feelings, and they\u2019d be better of they if just got out with it. Spill your heart on the table \u2013 everything … Continue reading “Nondisabled Demands and Mental Illnesses”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[119,69,121,120],"class_list":["post-1774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jillian-weise","tag-mental-health","tag-mental-illness","tag-non-disabled-demands"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcJhts-sC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1775,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774\/revisions\/1775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}