.ElissaBassist laughs through mystery pain in her debut memoir, 'Hysterical.' She spoke with megsbroussard
during a nap. Each meaning of the word fit the book I was writing about unexplained physical symptoms, about uncontrolled extreme emotion, about derogatory terms meant to silence women , and more, a lot more. It’s a historic word and a buzzword . I’ve been called “hysterical” more than any other word and for every reason: for being funny, for being sick, for being sad, for getting hurt, for getting mad, for asking a question, for being alive.
There were more animal shelters than women’s shelters as recently as the ’90s in America. Crash-test dummies are based on the “average” male body, and similarly, medical education teaches the white, male body as “the human body,” and men are the norm and the ideal . Most medical schools don’t even teach menopause!
My mom’s wisdom is, “Be your own advocate,” and she survived breast cancer three times. This risks being perceived as “rude,” “stubborn,” “annoying.” Red flags that I ignored — because I wanted to be a “good patient” and not annoy anyone by making them do their job — were fielding dismissive questions like, “Are you even in the pain that you say you’re in?” Also, I was made to wait too long for appointments and for diagnoses , and I was misdiagnosed .
Shifting gears a bit — how do you think ’90s pop culture shaped and stifled the elder-millennial woman’s voice?
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