To take my mind off my personal flaws, I give you some posts I found by clicking on Hoyden about Town.

How the whole positive attitude crap leads to victim blaming. This is probably worse with people with mental illness or maybe it's the same, because of the idea that it's all in your head and if only you thought more happy thoughts you'd be cured. I think people can start thinking more positive when their symptoms abate, and so it seems that thinking positive caused the cure, but the truth is that when your symptoms are lower, life seems rosier.

Hey, it's good ol' invisible illness bingo. Sadly, I think this could apply to anything from low sales on etsy to having cancer. That's how cold we are here in America.