“For about the next year or so I thought I must just be imagining an illness, that it was my fault, it wasn’t real…”
Tag: Stigma
ME Awareness: “These lost years have been a grieving process; a loss of a past life that seems so far away,” Naomi Gilchrist | 24 May 2020
“I hope that one day I will be able to use my lost years to help others by raising awareness of the plight of those living with M.E.”
ME Awareness: “I have had symptoms of ME since I was a teenager – over 50 years ago,” by Ann Jones | 22 May 2020
“My husband has taken on housework, shopping, cooking and the garden so is effectively my carer.”
ME Awareness: “I went to my GP to be told that M.E. did not exist as a recognised illness!” by Wend Jordan | 20 May 2020
“There is still such a stigma attached to M.E. that I rarely talk about it even if people ask – I’m worried by their reaction.”
ME Awareness: “While in many ways it was a relief to finally have a diagnosis, both I and my husband were devastated,” by Carolyn White | 17 May 2020
“I didn’t complete my degree but received sufficient qualifications to be ordained in September 2007.”
Stigma and Marginalisation: Research opportunity for people with ME living in the UK | 17 February 2020
Jo Hunt from the University of Derby is looking to recruit people with M.E. for her research study.
Introducing Severe M.E. Week from the ME Association | 05 August 2019
It is Severe ME Day on Thursday, but we think people severely affected deserve to have a full week dedicated to raising awareness.
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