![]() ![]() ![]() It can be even harder when you’re dealing with mental illness, because you are exhausted from the lies that depression is telling you: that it’s all in your head, that it will never get better, that you’re not worth the time and effort and money it will take to get treatment. JL: It’s so hard to fight for your care when you are sick. What toll did that take on you emotionally and physically? (Just ask Beyoncé the Giant Metal Chicken.) In her new book, Broken (In the Best Possible Way), she takes her readers on her journey with debilitating rheumatoid arthritis, depression, and anxiety, and goes down the enraging path of trying to get proper healthcare coverage for prescription medications.Įveryday Health spoke with Lawson about this crisis in healthcare coverage.ĮH: You’ve written a lot about your struggles to get covered by your health insurance. The latter’s subtitle is A Funny Book About Horrible Things, which sums up Lawson's oeuvre in a nutshell - she has an outsider’s take on the weird and wonderful. Many know Jenny Lawson as the hilarious author of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and Furiously Happy. ![]()
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