I have bipolar affective disorder. I'm not bothered about people knowing as its just part of who I am. My direct reports at work know, my friends know, my family know. Every so often though, you get a comment that makes you go HMMM.
While having a conversation about health with colleagues today, it was mentioned in passing about me having time off ill. "What's wrong with you" I was asked. I told them and they came out with this gem - "well I'd never know by looking at you!"
Yes, because you can tell by looking at someone whether they have a mental illness, can't you.
Ode to not having two heads
I don't have two heads.
You may find this hard to believe
but an extra head didn't grow when I got ill.
And my face is the same colour
as it always was before
and my eyes and nose and ears
are all there still.
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