1870: "Hysteria. Bed for six weeks, milk, and no visitors." 1890: "Neurasthenia. The modern woman's nerves cannot take the pace." 1920: "Nerves, my dear. A tonic and a lie-down." 1955: "Take a Miltown. Every housewife is on them." 1966: "Valium. Mother's little helper." 1975: "You have three children. Of course you are tired." 1988: "Prozac. Two a day and see how you feel in a month." 1995: "It's your thyroid. It's normal. Come back in a year." 2005: "Have you tried yoga?" 2012: "Gluten. Cut the gluten." 2018: "Iron's a bit low. Eat more spinach." 2022: "Long Covid, probably." 2026: "Perimenopause. A plant-based diet helps. Here's a patch and a fibre supplement." You: noticing that in 150 years of sending her home, not one of them sent her home with a steak.