I know it’s a sensitive issue but I have a point. I don’t know how valid it is but it has bothered me a little bit & I need to talk. I have two questions: Does moral support help? Or is it a bad thing?
I have been thinking about breast cancer patients & how they don’t like the idea of pink ribbon. Beyond any reasonable doubt, breast cancer is an ugly & painful illness, & pink ribbon may seem like a stupid, annoying thing to a patient. So far as the Scar Project is concerned, they photograph patients & these photos make a deep impact on others. Since scars of these women have been visible to people, they also sympathize & morally support them. It’s what people see that make them sympathize. I suppose whoever came up with the idea of pink ribbon, he/she only wanted to morally support the patients. I’m sure his intention was not wicked. Everyone knows pink ribbon cannot cure the illness. I guess it’s just one way of showing support & that people care & they don’t care about everyone who is suffering in this world. You have to bear that in mind. Moreover, it’s not incumbent on people to give support to anyone for that matter.
Only the patient who is suffering knows how bad his disease is. Breast cancer is not the only illness that is deadly. Even HIV/AIDS is deadly but the patients infected with HIV/AIDS do not get so much support. Their illness is not curable but they are being judged & people like to stay miles away from them. There are other mental illnesses in which patients don’t even look ill but life is nothing short of hell for them. In fact only 1 % of people try to understand this illness, cause there are no visible signs. Mentally ill people, for the most part, look super cool in the mirror & much, much better in photos. How can people even bother to understand the agony these patients face every day for the rest of their lives? Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, etc are all equally bad illnesses. Patients suffer for years & it continues till the end. There are patients who have various syndromes & disorders. Since that is a rare thing, people only make fun of them. I did share the story of three sisters who’ve got werewolf syndrome. You can’t say they have it easy. The thing is people don’t support all of the above mentioned patients how they support those who are suffering from cancer.
Now let’s talk about some victims whose wounds have healed but their souls are scarred for life. Yeah I’m talking about all those people who have been sexually abused in childhood or raped later on in life. I personally know a couple of them & I can tell you they haven’t recovered. Most of them are quite complicated & difficult. If I didn’t know about that incident, I might not even have been sticking around with them. I’m being honest…they are very difficult people; they’ve got mood swings; you have to understand them, cause they are still hurt. You know you won’t be able to see their suffering in pictures but they suffer quietly. They won’t even complain when people show some support. These people are scarred for life. Yeah they are not dying & they might exchange places with those who are dying & complain about ribbons & teddy bears, but that option is not available to them. The fact is they are living corpses & most of them look quite cool in pics. No one can even think that they have been molested or sexually abused or raped at any point.
You know people don’t have to support breast cancer victims or just about any victim, so to speak. But if they do, it’s goodness on their part, cause they are not suffering themselves. They are trying to understand it, which they can’t but at least they are trying. And that ought to be appreciated. Fine. You are dying. No one can die with you. Not even your loved ones would die for you or with you.
I think if a stranger supports you morally, he ought to be appreciated. He’s got his own life, which may not be sad & he takes out the time for a sad thing that has affected someone else’s life. Nobody asks for appreciation in such matters but those who are dying should also take out the time to be grateful or at least understand that a soul was being touched by their pain & suffering. What else can you expect of a stranger? It’s hell of a lot a stranger can give you – his moral support when he/she doesn’t even know you.
I have been thinking about breast cancer patients & how they don’t like the idea of pink ribbon. Beyond any reasonable doubt, breast cancer is an ugly & painful illness, & pink ribbon may seem like a stupid, annoying thing to a patient. So far as the Scar Project is concerned, they photograph patients & these photos make a deep impact on others. Since scars of these women have been visible to people, they also sympathize & morally support them. It’s what people see that make them sympathize. I suppose whoever came up with the idea of pink ribbon, he/she only wanted to morally support the patients. I’m sure his intention was not wicked. Everyone knows pink ribbon cannot cure the illness. I guess it’s just one way of showing support & that people care & they don’t care about everyone who is suffering in this world. You have to bear that in mind. Moreover, it’s not incumbent on people to give support to anyone for that matter.
Only the patient who is suffering knows how bad his disease is. Breast cancer is not the only illness that is deadly. Even HIV/AIDS is deadly but the patients infected with HIV/AIDS do not get so much support. Their illness is not curable but they are being judged & people like to stay miles away from them. There are other mental illnesses in which patients don’t even look ill but life is nothing short of hell for them. In fact only 1 % of people try to understand this illness, cause there are no visible signs. Mentally ill people, for the most part, look super cool in the mirror & much, much better in photos. How can people even bother to understand the agony these patients face every day for the rest of their lives? Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, etc are all equally bad illnesses. Patients suffer for years & it continues till the end. There are patients who have various syndromes & disorders. Since that is a rare thing, people only make fun of them. I did share the story of three sisters who’ve got werewolf syndrome. You can’t say they have it easy. The thing is people don’t support all of the above mentioned patients how they support those who are suffering from cancer.
Now let’s talk about some victims whose wounds have healed but their souls are scarred for life. Yeah I’m talking about all those people who have been sexually abused in childhood or raped later on in life. I personally know a couple of them & I can tell you they haven’t recovered. Most of them are quite complicated & difficult. If I didn’t know about that incident, I might not even have been sticking around with them. I’m being honest…they are very difficult people; they’ve got mood swings; you have to understand them, cause they are still hurt. You know you won’t be able to see their suffering in pictures but they suffer quietly. They won’t even complain when people show some support. These people are scarred for life. Yeah they are not dying & they might exchange places with those who are dying & complain about ribbons & teddy bears, but that option is not available to them. The fact is they are living corpses & most of them look quite cool in pics. No one can even think that they have been molested or sexually abused or raped at any point.
You know people don’t have to support breast cancer victims or just about any victim, so to speak. But if they do, it’s goodness on their part, cause they are not suffering themselves. They are trying to understand it, which they can’t but at least they are trying. And that ought to be appreciated. Fine. You are dying. No one can die with you. Not even your loved ones would die for you or with you.
I think if a stranger supports you morally, he ought to be appreciated. He’s got his own life, which may not be sad & he takes out the time for a sad thing that has affected someone else’s life. Nobody asks for appreciation in such matters but those who are dying should also take out the time to be grateful or at least understand that a soul was being touched by their pain & suffering. What else can you expect of a stranger? It’s hell of a lot a stranger can give you – his moral support when he/she doesn’t even know you.
