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oops i forgot yesterday that i was meant to post something...it has only just dawned on me. its nearly been a week since i increased my medication and it is still hard to say if it is doing much. my body has been very tired the past week and my memory has been foggy! yesterday i made about 48 cupcakes for the preschool programme at the library, made a slice and finished some of my xmas presents. this month seems to be flying by. i am also working on my last assignment which is a power point presentation about culture and disease, and how our culture defines disease to the medical system. living in a western country, disease is very much about illness, disability and the weak but in other countries, disease has very little impact.

 

mental illness is a disease but is also influenced by the culture and society in which we live. recovery is not a linear process and a cure is yet to be found. the day mental illness is recognised as a disease just like cancer, diabetes and HIV will i hope change how it is viewed. mental illness is not a disease of choice and one can not just snap out of it. would you ask someone with diabetes to just get over it? no.