Well I have depression, generalised anxiety disorder, social phobia, agorophobia, autism, Tourettes, ADHD and I think there are some others but I can’t remember them. So I do kind of know what I’m talking about. I don’t in any way disagree that certain forms of exercise etc. can help some people like me. Some people…

I may have worked out why it feels skeevy/ableist to me. This is why it seems like an ‘exercise as a cure’ thing I think. Exercise doesn’t have to be about mental health. Its like, ‘yoga’ is just exercise. No implication of anything mental health-related. Like football. Just a sport. But the rebrand adds the mental…

I think we all would if it came right down to it. Starvation is a fucking nasty way to die and when you are in the throws of that I imagine you would do pretty much anything. I hope none of us have to, though! *I will last longer because of fat. Mwahaha!*

Yeah, it seems that they need everything to be in both languages. That’s fair enough if it’s a college rule. I wonder why they couldn’t think of anything that worked in both languages though? That just seems silly. Although, someone did say that they are only shutting temporarily, so maybe they are trying to sort that…

I’m not a troll. You can check my profile, I’ve been active on Jez for years. I don’t think it’s stretching the goalposts to have opinions on two different aspects of the situation, though? 1: Yoga can be appropriative & 2: I think the alternative name offered was shitty and didn’t really address the issue. (Assuming…

It’s not the benefit that’s the problem, it’s the name. Most people seem to think it’s fine, it just has some bad overtones to me. Calisthenics can actually be very yoga-like, actually. Plus there is no *possible* issue (as far as I am aware, I could be wrong) with it appropriating anyone else’s culture. So something…

Yes indeed. Appropriatey is a made up word. It is shorthand for ‘relating to and/or containing problems that are active elements of the act of cultural appropriation.’ It takes a while to type that out on a phone. (Also it keeps typing Qs instead of As & Gs insteas of Bs which is a bit of a bother. I blame my fat…

Did you actually read my post? Or did you stop after ‘I kinda agree?’ Because your statement does not represent the rest of its content. Or is it simply the colloquialisms with which you are having difficulty?

It has indeed been shown to help *some* people with *some* mental health conditions. Which is great for them and not so good for those it doesn’t help. I think I’ve done plenty of reading, thanks.

I guess; yes if there are no alternatives? It would be nice if they didn’t exist though. Stairs, I mean. That way there would *have* to be alternatives because it wouldn’t all be pre-built with able-bodied NTs in mind. Generally though, I don’t think that’s what I was implying. Or trying to at least.

Maybe it only happens in England?! LOL. Or maybe more in the 2000s than now. (I don’t get out much. Haha.) I swear it was all over the place! Nobody else here seems to recognise it as a thing though. Thanks again, anyway. :)

I would just like to thank you for the article relating to the use of bindis in Asian culture. I only knew them as related to the third eye chakra, so assumed they had more meaning than perhaps they do. (Feel free to correct me if that’s wrong.) Turns out they weren’t the best example of appropriation! I still feel…

It’s OK, thanks for the support! I thought my comment was fairly benign - I agree that it *can* be appropriaty, but shutting it down seems a bit overzealous - but I guess this is just a hot button issue! I understand why you wouldn’t agree with me though, it’s all just opinions, man! LOL. :)

Most people seem to think I’m wrong on that, so I don’t think I can illuminate it much! LOL. I find it personally...offputting. Stretch for mental health...like it’s this big aim you have to ‘stretch’ for (I’m reading that as a double-entendre & now I’m not even sure if it’s there.) and yoga, of all things, can help…

I do see what you mean. I think I’m just reading it differently from everyone else, ‘cause it rubs me the wrong way. Hey ho.

You said the definition is that they need to be treated/managed, wasn’t it? I assumed you meant treated & managed but I can see you meant one or the other now. Sorry about that. I still don’t think that’s the definition of an illness as I think there are those that are unmanaged but fine, but I did misquote your…

I am speaking as someone with a mental illness, too. I don’t necessarily think they were right. That’s why I said I ‘kinda’ agree and that their actions may have been too harsh. I don’t know what lead them to make the decision (which apparently may have been misreported anyway?) which is why I don’t think we should be…

I just said ‘treated’, management is something else entirely. Sometimes it’s needed, sometimes it’s not. But we’re not going to agree on this. I find it a little ableist. You don’t. We both have mental health issues/disabilities/neurological differences etc. but we don’t all have to think the same way! I cant provide…

Maybe. Maybe we just disagree. It’s OK though. Not everyone feels the same way about these things. I still think it’s kinda sketch, but I have no problem with you disagreeing. Not like either of us can change the outcome anyway! :)

Oh I know it is shitty! I just don’t think it’s something we should always be trying to cure, is all. It’s a part of us. It’s a sucky part of us, and management is obviously still important but still... Men, I dunno. It just bugs me.