ok this is actually something I see kind of frequently:
sick person 1: I am very sick so I rely on alternative medicine because medicine/pharma has nothing for me.
sick person 2 [defensive]: I rely on med/pharma to stay functional or I would be bedbound!
sp1: I am bedbound?
sick person 1: I am very sick so I rely on alternative medicine because medicine/pharma has nothing for me.
sick person 2 [defensive]: I rely on med/pharma to stay functional or I would be bedbound!
sp1: I am bedbound?
it's such a weird dynamic and it's so common?
stop assuming that very sick people who are skeptical of medicine are turning to alternative options because they just haven't been that sick yet?
stop assuming that very sick people who are skeptical of medicine are turning to alternative options because they just haven't been that sick yet?
same vibes, tbh
https://twitter.com/bennessb/status/1449723099839094788?t=S078gIqPwMieP0w0E9LAAQ&s=19
anyway we all need to learn to stop doing the work of ableist disbelief that divides us & holds us back. (myself included!)
(this example is not about who has it "worse", it's about how sp2 interprets sp1 as judging anybody who relies on med/pharma instead of recognizing that sp1 is disappointed in med/pharma's inability/disinterest in helping some people.)
https://twitter.com/bennessb/status/1450089061918588934?t=myfC-Fmn6tA0o-dttq7yUA&s=19
FURTHERMORE
I understand how shitty it is when people who *are not* very sick sing the praises of miscellaneous alternative interventions. that is because those same people then turn around and tell sp1 that it's their own fault they aren't cured yet despite relying on alt med.
I understand how shitty it is when people who *are not* very sick sing the praises of miscellaneous alternative interventions. that is because those same people then turn around and tell sp1 that it's their own fault they aren't cured yet despite relying on alt med.
there are people who use anti-pharma rhetoric as a way to express their underlying opinion that Being Sick Is Bad, and there are very sick chronically ill people who are frustrated not to have any pharmaceutical treatment options and I am begging people to learn the difference.
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