Show me where it hurts
Subtitle: living with invisible illness
By: Kylie Maslen
Publisher: Text Publishing
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781922330147
Subjects: Health; Chronically ill; Biography; Chronic diseases; Psychological aspects; Art and mental illness; Diseases in art; Diseases in motion pictures; Literature and mental illness; Chronic Disease; Autobiography; Art Therapy; Medicine in the Arts
Description: Kylie Maslen has been living with invisible illness for twenty years-more than half her life. Its impact is felt in every aspect of her day-to-day existence: from work to dating; from her fears for what the future holds to her difficulty getting out of bed some mornings. Through pop music, art, literature, TV, film and online culture, Maslen explores the lived experience of invisible illness with sensitivity and wit, drawing back the veil on a reality many struggle-or refuse-to recognise. Show Me Where it Hurts is a powerful collection of essays that speak to those who have encountered the brush-off from doctors, faced endless tests and treatments, and endured chronic pain and suffering. But it is also a bridge reaching out to partners, families, friends, colleagues, doctors: all those who want to better understand what life looks like when you cannot simply show others where it hurts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Author's note; title: I'm trying to tell you I'm not okay; title: A playlist for the love sick; title: Ask me how I am; title: The fetishisation of Frida; title: Creation; title: Retirement, living; title: Scar tissue; title: The joke's on us; title: Life support; title: Storm surge; title: Works cited; title: Acknowledgments.