Ill Feelings: ‘It was useful to dismiss us – to tell us we were trouble, rather than change the system we were troubling’
Q&A with Alice Hattrick, author of Ill Feelings, by Roisin McLaughlin-Dowd It’s been a...
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Category: Physical Health
Multiple Sclerosis: ‘She rolled her eyes at me and made me feel like a complete idiot’
Guest post by Hayley Crowther, for MS Awareness Week *eye roll* It’s not very often in life...
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Medical weight stigma: ‘I almost died because medical professionals wouldn’t look past the size of my belly’
Guest post by ly Kerr When I began having health issues, I accepted the consensus that fat was bad...
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Vasculitis: ‘My doctor didn’t believe me. She said “sometimes things hurt”, then tried to blame my weight’
Guest post by Artie Carden Artie is a queer, nonbinary, disabled writer. A couple of months ago...
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‘As a queer asylum seeker I can’t be myself with healthcare professionals. They just don’t understand’
Guest post by Ceecee, a member of Women for Refugee Women’s Rainbow Sisters Group for LBT...
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Scratch That: ‘Have TSW sufferers been ignored for so long because most of our voices are female?’
Guest post by Holly Broome Throughout my life I have been made to feel that eczema is just a mild...
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‘I have two neurological disorders. One doctor said it was just a cold, another discharged me saying I could live with it’
Guest post by Daisy Riley I am a pretty sickly woman. I’m 22 years old now and have spent a...
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‘Doctors need to do a better job of listening to the people who know their own bodies best’
Guest post by Candace Martin from the US I’m a 5’ tall woman. I’m 30, but look younger than I am....
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A Girl In One Room: ‘I’ve lost trust in doctors over 14 years of not being believed or understood’
Q&A with Jessica Taylor-Bearman, author of A Girl Behind Dark Glasses and A Girl In One Room ...
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Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Prescription for Wishes
Guest post by India-Rose Channon I’m a writer with a currently undiagnosed chronic illness. I’ve...
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‘The worst thing about M.E, for me, is that I feel like a forgotten human being’
Guest post by Annie Ogden Ugh… M.E. Honestly, that is exactly the way I feel towards it,...
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M.E: ‘I felt alone for so long. I felt like I was faking it even when the pain was bringing me to the floor’
Guest post by Celia Paz Chao from Spain When I think about being disbelieved by doctors, even...
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