tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post6213626256809901398..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: Unfit for OfficeThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-34059168115720943762009-11-03T00:07:40.887+00:002009-11-03T00:07:40.887+00:00Hey there. Hope things are going ok.
--IPHey there. Hope things are going ok.<br /><br />--IPIrrationalPointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079777358354337933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-73559394507949581002009-10-22T02:55:55.717+01:002009-10-22T02:55:55.717+01:00Great post, makes me ponder. How DO we weigh healt...Great post, makes me ponder. How DO we weigh health issues in our leaders? They can always hide stuff. I'm an American! I think we are all sick. (The big drug companies don't lie. Even our family pets have SAD and BiPolar...) Maybe sick is the new healthy!Diane J Standifordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862850657925658079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-20953922961321770012009-10-17T09:01:12.599+01:002009-10-17T09:01:12.599+01:00I can sort of see why people speculate GB has Aspe...I can sort of see why people speculate GB has Asperger's - e.g. I've seen him on TV remembering someone's job, but not their name. But AFAIK a lot of Asperger's is down to not being able to read facial expressions or body language, and GB is partially sighted, it may be that he can't read such things well simply because he can't see them. Like the difference between being blind and being dyslexic. ISTR the 2005 campaign Blair and Brown were going everywhere together to prove unity, and quite often you'd see Blair turn Brown towards people that he couldn't see well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-46358211755430098022009-10-06T12:29:25.641+01:002009-10-06T12:29:25.641+01:00It's funny, just yesterday I was reading about...It's funny, just yesterday I was reading about G20 coverage with photos of everyone smiling and shaking everyone else's hands, and I thought, even if I was the best person for the job, I wouldn't have a clue how to do that hand shaking with everyone. I'd just stare at my feet and beg for it to end so I could go back to figuring out how to solve the problems of the world. - Aspergers keeps ME out of office, but good for anyone else who's game.Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481252201307998355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-82727177799702122532009-10-04T16:45:00.297+01:002009-10-04T16:45:00.297+01:00With you on this totally.
Stand To Reason is an or...With you on this totally.<br />Stand To Reason is an organisation promoting the notion that people with mental illness can do a day's work. I wonder what they'd say about this?seahorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006649663400552591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-75659676794880379802009-10-03T21:41:25.463+01:002009-10-03T21:41:25.463+01:00Wow- you wrote an awesome post! I am not a robot.....Wow- you wrote an awesome post! I am not a robot....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-84701065198841164342009-10-01T21:41:44.006+01:002009-10-01T21:41:44.006+01:00Wow. This sort of thing is a *LOT* more common tha...Wow. This sort of thing is a *LOT* more common than I would've thought it was just a few days ago!<br /><br />How depressing.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-90785458027405404712009-10-01T19:51:59.478+01:002009-10-01T19:51:59.478+01:00If a blind politician such as Mr Blunkett tried to...If a blind politician such as Mr Blunkett tried to "pass for normal" and insisted he could drive to his appointments and read any and all documents passed to him and needed no adjustment, assistance or support in any way... he'd have been imprisoned, hospitalised, or dead within a week.<br /><br />It has to be the same for MH. No brownie points for soldiering on pretending a problem doesn't exist. Brownie points are for dealing with a problem effectively - such as taking appropriate medications and ensuring support is in place before a crisis is reached.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-18704252232714100292009-10-01T14:24:07.699+01:002009-10-01T14:24:07.699+01:00I'm taking anti-depressants, and probably will...I'm taking anti-depressants, and probably will for the rest of my life. I can tell you that it's an absolute relief and brings me great peace of mind that I'm not in public office or within grasping distance of 'The Big Bad Nuclear Button'.<br /><br />I mean, as a certified mental idiot - well, I must be as I take the anti-depressants - just think what chaos I could cause...<br /><br />I'm <em>gravely insulted...</em><br /><br />For the record, I wouldn't trust Brown in a Post Office, never mind Public Office.<br /><br />As ever, good post Goldie...Gary Millerhttp://www.the-dogs-blog.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-63488434502588893132009-10-01T13:44:58.713+01:002009-10-01T13:44:58.713+01:00OK, so maybe I didn't proofread that comment b...OK, so maybe I didn't proofread that comment before posting it...<br /><br />xxxKatiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255575000862197175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-23977800027966366522009-10-01T13:42:57.876+01:002009-10-01T13:42:57.876+01:00It really irritates me. Sure, there might be ques...It really irritates me. Sure, there might be questions to be asked about his fitness to lead the country, but the answers to those questions aren't going to be found within the pages of his medical records. <br /><br />He did use the word 'handicap' to describe his sight problems in that godforsaken interview with Andrew Marr - Andrew Marr who once failed to give up his stand up for me on a train, even though he was in the priority seat - but it also slightly irritates me how keen his PR machine are keen to rubbish suggestions that he might be in any way remotely disabled.<br /><br />Meanwhile one of the most popular satirical tory boggers thinks it's funny to use terms like 'psycho' and 'prime mentalist' - 'cos that shows great respect for people with MH problems and is the kind of mature political debate that really makes me want to vote for the tories instead, obviously. <br /><br />As Mandleson would say, they're a bunch of chumps...<br /><br />K<br />xKatiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255575000862197175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-76319627179128595082009-10-01T13:34:59.321+01:002009-10-01T13:34:59.321+01:00Hi Gordon, nice to see you here.
I've not se...Hi Gordon, nice to see you here. <br /><br />I've not seen anything where someone has said this is a grave insult - if that's the case, then I'm totally with you.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-44999261487050377782009-10-01T13:08:06.136+01:002009-10-01T13:08:06.136+01:00If Gordon Brown talked openly about the state of h...If Gordon Brown talked openly about the state of his health, I'd agree with you. But it's the Prime Minister, and the people around him, who have said it's a <i><b>grave insult</b></i> to suggest that he might be taking medication for a very common minor condition. And I'd say their response is an insult to everyone that has that condition.Gordon Raehttp://twitter.com/socialtechnonoreply@blogger.com