It’s fitting that as The Dish comes to a close there’s a post very near and dear to my own heart and experience. Thank you Andrew & Dish team.
Maria Bamford, a Dish fave, exited through comedy:
Scott Stossel reflects on his decision to open up about his chronic anxiety:
I revealed my anxiety and … the world didn’t end. Did friends and colleagues talk about me behind my back? Maybe. Probably. (O.K., definitely.) But for the most part people didn’t seem to treat me any differently — and to the extent that they did, it was to express sympathy or empathy and even admiration for my “bravery” in revealing my vulnerability. (This always struck me as odd because I was being brave only in revealing my lack of bravery, which is a cheap sort of bravery indeed.)
Many people — friends, colleagues, strangers — came forward to share their own stories of anxiety, and to say that my publicly revealing my anxiety somehow made them feel more hopeful, or less alone, and sometimes less anxious. This made me…
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Paul's letters... 