Why

Two utterly devastating stories in the media today regarding ME which saddens me beyond words.

A 43-year-old woman suffering from the condition ME has travelled to Switzerland to take her own life....see link. Nicola Mcnougher, a psychologist, knew that treatments such as CBT (cognitive behavoural therapy )being offered sufferers were of no benefit, she stated in May of this year "Why is the UK so slow? This is causing deaths. Our living deaths."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7588385.stm

Also

In Australia, Emily Chapman, 20 years of age, hanged herself in the Cumberland Hospital psychiatric unit. Emily, a sufferer since she was 13 had been admitted to hospital nine times. She had previously been in the same unit where she was allegedly accused of being"a attention seeker" by one of the night nurses. In a letter Emily wrote to the hospital, but never sent for fear of retribution, she spoke of being deliberately kept awake, of being denied her medication, and being told to "watch the television" when she was feeling anxious. Another nurse from the same ward resigned in protest at the "patient abuse" on the ward. The inquest into Emily's suicide continues.