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How Gwyneth Paltrow Put Concussions On Trial

But as someone who has lived with an invisible illness for the past nearly two decades, it’s a valid point to take. My personal illness complex stems from an abnormal neurological condition called spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leakage syndrome, which results in insufficient cushioning around the brain. In my own decades of living with illness in its many forms as a close partner, there have been many points in my life where my life was truly defined by pain and disability, but still on paper (or Facebook). ) looked pretty nice and healthy. I had her two children, moved, traveled, hosted events, wrote books and articles, got out of a failed marriage, and had a boyfriend. Sometimes doing some of these things very slowly, like from the middle of a lake of glue. Sometimes I did them all white, with a brain that felt like a fat whale’s bladder. There was a time when I was better off, like now, but if someone met me on the street, they might think I was 100% cured of his.

What I am describing here is the inter-spatial spectrum of functional disease, the zone occupied by many with invisible illnesses, and the footsteps of both the world of the well and the world of the sick. Sociologist Arthur W. Frank calls this cohort a “remission society.” But I prefer to think of it as a wounded society. Because the term includes people affected by diseases such as lupus, Lyme disease, migraines, endometriosis, and the stubborn remnants of concussion. I was deceived, disbelieved, and gaslighted, especially by the medical community.

Oddly enough, it’s the realm Paltrow himself says he lives in. Goop founder slammed in podcast interview She seemed to suggest that her normal daily dietary intake consisted of coffee, bone broth and vegetables. (Paltrow later revealed that she was eating a “complete diet”. A stiff upper lip (rather than blame or court), which backfired. : It not only made Paltrow seem confused and apathetic, it also put her own health issues in the same quotes as Sanderson. .

So I don’t think Sanderson is a victim of reckless Hollywood royalty skiing. But I believe his brain injury. Because I know how a brain injury affects me. We also know that there is no zero-sum game between sickness and health. A person’s life can be changed forever by a concussion. And he can do Zumba too.


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