It’s undeniable that there is a burden placed on a partner in a relationship where one party has a chronic condition
However
It is beyond inexcusable to air that shit out in public on one of the largest media platforms in the United States. If she wanted to write it on a small personal blog, or anonymously post about it on Twitter or something, I get it - we all gotta vent sometimes - but to write an article for NPR about how bad she feels because her husband has a chronic condition is peak ghoulishness. You think the husband wanted anything to do with this? You think he wanted to be called out publicly as being a paranoid overreactor (her implication, not mine)? Fuck no
100% this. Being a friend, partner, or family member of a chronically ill person, if you choose to actually support and aid and cherish them, is almost always a mental health burden. It hurts, it’s difficult. That’s legitimate and valid, and people who are supporting chronically ill people do deserve support and consideration and understanding. They’re human, they’re vulnerable to stress and depression. But not like this.
It’s undeniable that there is a burden placed on a partner in a relationship where one party has a chronic condition
However
It is beyond inexcusable to air that shit out in public on one of the largest media platforms in the United States. If she wanted to write it on a small personal blog, or anonymously post about it on Twitter or something, I get it - we all gotta vent sometimes - but to write an article for NPR about how bad she feels because her husband has a chronic condition is peak ghoulishness. You think the husband wanted anything to do with this? You think he wanted to be called out publicly as being a paranoid overreactor (her implication, not mine)? Fuck no
100% this. Being a friend, partner, or family member of a chronically ill person, if you choose to actually support and aid and cherish them, is almost always a mental health burden. It hurts, it’s difficult. That’s legitimate and valid, and people who are supporting chronically ill people do deserve support and consideration and understanding. They’re human, they’re vulnerable to stress and depression. But not like this.