Chronic illness and body hypervigilance.
If you have ever experienced body hypervigilance before, then you will know how debilitating it can be. Hypervigilance is a symptom of trauma and PTSD...
Emotional Autoimmunity Podcast: Real life with Chronic Illness
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Living with chronic illness completely changes your life but nobody talks about it. It's so easy to feel that you are the only one struggling but I am here to tell you that you are not alone! As a therapist living with three autoimmune conditions, I know exactly how it feels to lose your old self and life and I am here to share how I learned to cope with many changes chronic illness brings and all those other things your Doctor didn't warn you about. Let's talk about real life with chronic illness.
Dating with Chronic Illness. Episode 11 Season 2
Dating no matter what your age or situation is absolutely guaranteed to bring out all of your insecurities and living with chronic illness adds a whol...
All about Medical Gaslighting and how to deal with it.
If you live with chronic illness, then you have probably experienced some form of Medical Gaslighting. In fact, having an experience of Medical Gasli...
Recovery and my new life with Type 1 Diabetes.
So there I was, home from my second hospitalisation with Diabetic Ketoacidosis, physically frail, very underweight and emotionally traumatised. I had ...
Hospitalisation and getting my new diagnosis.
After several months of worsening health, extreme weight loss and becoming physically unable to care for myself, I was admitted to hospital and spent ...
How to change how you feel about chronic illness.
We all know that acceptance is key to living your best life with chronic illness. But how can you accept something that has so dramatically changed yo...
Season 2 Episode 6: Why it's ok to stop.
On one level, we know that chronic illness is life changing and that it has a huge impact on us physically, emotionally and mentally. But when it come...
S2 Episode 5: Trauma and chronic illness.
There is a lot of research including the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) studies, that show a strong correlation between experiencing trauma in chi...
Corona Virus, Conversations and Opportunities.
Avoiding the news and fear of the Corona Virus at the moment is pretty much impossible as the whole world goes into lockdown, panic buying is everywhe...
Why you need to stop fighting your chronic illness.
When you become chronically ill, your first instinct is to fight for your life against this disease that feels like it has taken so much from you. The...