Great reply, but not all of us bought it. Her body language and words were tortured. Note the distance from which she sits during the presser that I believe was pointed out in the article. We call those “gives.” They sometimes speak volumes for silenced victims. You made some great points about a victim and subject so…

You actually can be charged for an OUI or some similar offense for riding a horse drunk, but there was one crazy story where a man defended himself because he was such a drunk and rode the horse to and from the bar so often that his lawyer successfully argued that he was in no way "operating" the horse because it knew…

Yeah, definitely sticking with medical disease, if only because it explains why anti-depressants legitimately help me, and I don’t want to consider the implications otherwise. I’ll stick to my ostrich pose, thanks.

Heading to Taco Bell in a hurry like...

gotta have a flared base

I went on a trip to Nantucket with my family when I was 15 and got a book about the whaling industry and the Essex. The only think I remember from the book is that the wives of sailors all had dildos, which they called, 'he's-at-homes.' Good job, New England puritans. I didn't know you had it in ya. Pun ... whatever…

Me too! Highschool fucking sucked. I threw up on every date I ever went on.

Indeed. I suffer from tension headaches and have had every test and scan, been on every pill (including antidepressants), seen every specialist... there are obvious times where stress is causing or making the pain worse, but sometimes I wake up at 2am and have to go to the ER. I have no idea what I’m doing at 2am to…

have you heard of this? I know someone who suffers from this and basically can’t work he’s so ill all the time.

Considering that he prefaced his comment with what “most rational people would like,” and assuming he regards himself in that group as he sets forth his opinion, I stand by my comment. Maybe I assume too much.

My wife went through this as well when she first started taking anti-depressants. She gave the old arguments that she should just “cheer up”. I had to hammer at her for weeks that it was a physical issue, and to argue that she should just make herself feel better was like telling a diabetic they should just handle…

I apologize if I sound rude in my response to you. Yours was really a fair question, and that was not my intention. I do agree with your comment up thread that Ms. Rice owes no one no public anything and cannot imagine being in her shoes. I also resent the commenter’s suggestion of her “second class citizen” status. I…

I believe the author is attempting to remind readers of whom the true victim is. Also very illustrative are Ms. Rice’s other photos. The other articles to which you refer are of a completely different nature. I find your question disingenuous at best.

As a fellow stress puker who has tried FUCKING EVERYTHING, including way more valium than I should have been taking to quell the debilitating stomach pains, there’s only so much we can control. You can take tranquilizers, you can smoke weed, you can avoid certain foods and sip ginger water, you’re still gonna get the…

this article is lacking some pix

Agreed.

Well done. The glossy overlay of the horrendous event was and continues to be disgusting. That it has been played out on a national stage will hopefully shine a light for other, lesser known victims with illumination provided by articles such as yours. I have spent some time lately trying to explain to authorities…

I would hesitate to call these “delusions” - it sounds like there’s considerable debate. I for one have never heard of this and plan on doing more reading.

My brother has this delusion and it has completely ruined his life. Well, I guess in fairness it’s probably his drug addiction that has ruined his life, and is probably what makes him think there are bugs living in his skin. My mother has basically given up her life to care for him and he takes full advantage of it.…

"Disease has always had a hierarchy. To suffer from a rare disorder that has been definitively traced to a biological origin is preferable to being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. One patient suffers heroically, the other is simply insane."