tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278230860203738799.post8826788651565455877..comments2023-05-30T12:50:56.668+01:00Comments on The rollercoaster of life: RightsDisillusionedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03250678226289036634noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278230860203738799.post-12950389733807620942008-03-15T16:05:00.000+00:002008-03-15T16:05:00.000+00:00Thank you all.Thank you all.Disillusionedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03250678226289036634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278230860203738799.post-11093235368618482812008-03-15T08:25:00.000+00:002008-03-15T08:25:00.000+00:00We DO indeed all have that right, but the workpla...We DO indeed all have that right, but the workplace can be such a competitive environment that people don't always manage to give each other respect in it. Your post has made me think about some of my reactions at work yesterday - could do better, is probably what my report should say. Thanks for reminding me.Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15819478004517179856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278230860203738799.post-57404494956203269812008-03-15T00:01:00.000+00:002008-03-15T00:01:00.000+00:00sorry you had such a bad day, we do all have that ...sorry you had such a bad day, we do all have that right - am sending love and hugs.. xxRainbow dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17831181728077823123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278230860203738799.post-66185173682428624742008-03-14T23:04:00.000+00:002008-03-14T23:04:00.000+00:00the thing with cancer is that 1 in 3 people are go...the thing with cancer is that 1 in 3 people are going to get it..or that is what the statistics say.<BR/><BR/>People see their worst fears of themselves in the colleague who had cancer. Well, that is how I see it and I may be deluded in that view but it is about how people relate to each other. What they see of themselves in each other.<BR/><BR/>People cannot relate to mental illness...unless Made by Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564617028405217550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278230860203738799.post-76870630845375034462008-03-14T22:07:00.000+00:002008-03-14T22:07:00.000+00:00It's interesting for me to compare my experience w...It's interesting for me to compare my experience with that of a colleague who was recently off work for an extended period. <BR/>The length of time we were off was similar.<BR/>She got cards, phonecalls, delighted welcomes when she came in to school to visit, empathy, sympathy, confidentiallity.<BR/>I didn't.<BR/><BR/>The difference - I had a mental health issue, she had cancer. Fortunately it Disillusionedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03250678226289036634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278230860203738799.post-59550196083923110322008-03-14T21:54:00.000+00:002008-03-14T21:54:00.000+00:00You do have the right to be respected and treated ...You do have the right to be respected and treated properly...the problem is people (who don't have MH problems..in fact any real disabilities) get empathy weary.<BR/><BR/>They can give compassion, even genuinely feel it for a while but it kind of ebbs away. I found that at work. Not with everyone. Some people were loyal, understanding and supportive to the end with me but most got sick of me Made by Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564617028405217550noreply@blogger.com