Comments - the gallery of maladies - by kate wagner

It's heartbreaking to me the way you keep deriding the part you wrote after you got covid. It's excellent writing. Sure, it's in a different style from the more philosophical, analytical first part, but it's urgent and direct in a way that really compliments the rest of the piece. As a veteran of the Extremely Rare Disease support forums, I have to tell you they aren't really great places for anxious minds either. Right after diagnosis, I was talking to a friend who has both mental health issues as well as an extremely rare physical disease. While neither of our diseases are well-known enough to have attracted hypochondriacs seeking homes, she still warned me against "sticking around in online groups" and that they "can be helpful for a little... but take resources, vet them well, and leave" (or something to that effect). I was honestly kind of shocked when she said that, because I hadn't really clocked the fact that no matter the ailment or problem, the people who stick around posting

It's heartbreaking to me the way you keep deriding the part you wrote after you got covid. It's excellent writing. Sure, it's in a different style from the more philosophical, analytical first part, but it's urgent and direct in a way that really compliments the rest of the piece. As a veteran of the Extremely Rare Disease support forums, I have to tell you they aren't really great places for anxious minds either. Right after diagnosis, I was talking to a friend who has both mental health issues as well as an extremely rare physical disease. While neither of our diseases are well-known enough