Works of fiction where characters have ME/CFS

[Sean]

Personal beliefs can be quite strong and sometimes defy logic.

Typically, even. At least initially.

Something we are all guilty of to some degree.

Which is why robust methodology is so important.

 

[Dolphin]

This is not a famous work and might not be very good (I haven’t read it) but here is a new short story about ME:

Mental Playground

Mental Playground

mentalplayground.co.uk

Came across it on Mastodon.

 

[Barry]

Posted under this thread on the ME Association page 5 days ago:

https://www.facebook.com/share/15dxc7gBJz/?mibextid=wwXIfr

There was an appalling characterisation of an ME patient in
"Strike" last night on TV. A man in a suit in a wheelchair, shouting and bullying in a loud voice, and scared of getting infections from his daughter. Did you see it?

Yes, I do love the Strike novels, but I have to say that rather appalling mis-characterisation of people with ME really disgusted me. And I think it is the same book there is also a female ME sufferer portrayed as pathetic and manipulative. Suggested to me JKR may have personal bias in there somewhere.

 

[forestglip]

Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu

From an article about the book:

The story follows Violet, who is dealing with a lot of new things at once. She’s starting middle school. Her blended family is moving into a new, larger home in town. In the scramble to claim rooms, she gets saddled with the ancient-looking attic, whose creepy yellow wallpaper gives her the chills.

Then Violet gets sick, and she stays sick. Her friends and even her doctors don’t believe her and accuse her of faking to get attention.

Thread with more about the book: Two Households, Both Alike in Indignity: An Interview with Anne Ursu (Literary Hub)