tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385698095392394892.post8162852285855956450..comments2023-05-11T01:17:51.056-07:00Comments on I am not ashamed!: Grrrrrr!Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08041255224608833140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385698095392394892.post-15638911045153454192010-02-07T11:26:33.852-08:002010-02-07T11:26:33.852-08:00I can only echo the 'do write'! Kate's...I can only echo the 'do write'! Kate's quite right that you've essentially written it, and coherently, in this. <br /><br />I think one problem is that, since the rise in the 'misery memoir' syndrome, the idea that depression can happen to people for whom everything is not awful has taken something of a knockback. You nail it with (one word alteration) "It's almost as if you can't admit to [depression] if you don't have a sob story to go with it" (unless, of course, you're a 'Celebrity', in which case it's somehow 'OK').me-againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385698095392394892.post-36034733292991794832010-02-07T03:44:43.365-08:002010-02-07T03:44:43.365-08:00Thanks girls - I think I will. The only problem wi...Thanks girls - I think I will. The only problem will be keeping it short - their letters are usually max 200 words!<br />Lesley, I'm sure the next review will be better....or the reviewer was having a bad day! ; )Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08041255224608833140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385698095392394892.post-9771005223449752402010-02-07T01:56:06.005-08:002010-02-07T01:56:06.005-08:00Do it. Write to them. This is irresponsible, somet...Do it. Write to them. This is irresponsible, something I could expect in tabloid journalism, but not in a magazine that purports to inform and educate. (Mind you, I'm still mad at a review...!!!")Lesley Cookmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699182779296799170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385698095392394892.post-76040599369214139552010-02-07T01:37:19.812-08:002010-02-07T01:37:19.812-08:00Do it, write to them. If you read it and it made y...Do it, write to them. If you read it and it made you angry you can bet it made a hell of a lot of other people angry too. And a lot of families who are living through it sad. You've already written the letter in this blog post, so it would be a shame not to! <br /><br />Particularly think you should include: "What about those like me, who end up with PND after the textbook birth of a planned baby within a happy marriage? I found myself reading the article and wondering what my excuse was. And I'm sure I'm not alone." and<br />"If I had read this while I was still ill I would have felt even more inadequate and worthless - particularly as her story was careful to describe the "rush of love" she felt when her son was born, the one I never experienced that started all my problems."<br /><br />Sorry for extensive cut and paste but want to persuade you to write!Goatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05829951893008853908noreply@blogger.com