Comments on: The Scarf — A Comic About Delirium

By: Mel Baggs

Mel Baggs — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:23:38 +0000

In reply to splodgenoodles. No problem.

By: splodgenoodles

splodgenoodles — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 07:27:38 +0000

In reply to splodgenoodles. Also, would you be okay with me printing this off to add to my hardcopy zine collection?

By: splodgenoodles

splodgenoodles — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 07:25:33 +0000

Your comic is brilliant! Thankyou.

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The real scarf. | Ballastexistenz — Tue, 27 May 2014 16:41:41 +0000

[…] it was a reference to this comic I wrote, about my experiences with delirium. The scarf in the comic comes to symbolize a connection to […]

By: g2-62f41dd4478308b0bdebe20304cf4cea

g2-62f41dd4478308b0bdebe20304cf4cea — Thu, 08 May 2014 19:55:49 +0000

Wow, thank you very much for sharing this. Your comic really touched me. I can only relate to the isolation a little bit because of another illness. And at that time I was still able to communicate to other people. It must be so difficult and confusing to feel out of touch with people and even yourself during a delirium. I’m sorry you had to go through that. Afterwards when I felt better I also experienced life in “Technicolor” again.

I hope you’ll keep on blogging, you can express yourself so well!

By: Jesse the K

Jesse the K — Mon, 05 May 2014 15:46:35 +0000

Thank you for putting such a non-verbal experience in words and pictures!

By: michaelwatsonvt

michaelwatsonvt — Fri, 02 May 2014 11:33:47 +0000

As a mental health clinician I have learned there are many experiences that fall outside the region people are willing to talk about. Yet we humans are capable of all sorts of journeys. When I was seven I had Bulbar Polio and a raging fever for days. Delirium is a side effect of Bulbar, and very unpleasant. Anyway, there are clinicians out there who understand and can help, although they may be difficult to find.

By: Mel Baggs

Mel Baggs — Thu, 01 May 2014 13:19:37 +0000

In reply to Lili. Wow. I'm just glad that it could reach anyone who'd had this experience or anything like it.

By: Lili

Lili — Thu, 01 May 2014 11:53:48 +0000

Thank you, thank you, as someone who nearly died, spent 10 days in ICU, and went through severe delirium that I am still recovering from. It’s discounted. I was discounted, ignored, neglected during the worst part of the delirium. I became a non-person whose words and actions no longer mattered. My experience is still being discounted and ignored. It is terrifying and life-changing. It needs to be talked about.