I'm not going to comment on the impact of the pandemic on mental health in general. I'm going to talk about me. My experience of mental health crisis during the pandemic might be of limited value in learning about the general situation, but it's what I can talk about with authority, and I think there are some lessons to learn from it.
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A personal story of a recent occasion on which I was confronted with what I have lost as I developed new impairments, and an exploration of the grief that goes along with a loss of ability to do things.
You probably have a stereotype in mind about disabled people - how they act, how they talk, how they look. This post explores how the stereotype is wrong, the phenomenon of people with mental health conditions 'masking', and the costs of doing so.