Category: Physical Health

Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Prescription for Wishes

Jan 12, 2021 | Physical Health

Guest post by India-Rose Channon I’m a writer with a currently undiagnosed chronic illness. I’ve...

‘The worst thing about M.E, for me, is that I feel like a forgotten human being’

Dec 11, 2020 | Physical Health

Guest post by Annie Ogden Ugh… M.E. Honestly, that is exactly the way I feel towards it,...

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’

Nov 26, 2020 | Physical Health

Guest post by Celia Paz Chao from Spain When I think about being disbelieved by doctors, even...

‘As a Black person in the US, seeing a doctor you don’t know can feel like Russian roulette’

Oct 21, 2020 | #BlackWomensHealthMatters, Physical Health

Guest post by Jasmine Heyward, a non-binary contributor from the US The writer of this guest post...

Chronic illness: ‘I’m not a hypochondriac, so why are you treating me like one?’

Sep 25, 2020 | Physical Health

Guest post by Hannah Hoskins, founder of Not Your Grandma’s mobility aids If you are part of...

‘Hysterical until proven otherwise’: how NICE is trying to tell women their pain is all in their heads

Sep 18, 2020 | Physical Health

Guest post by Ellie Hopkins, founder of the Chronically Awesome community for patients with...

Appendix Has Left the Chat: ‘Why was it so easy to dismiss my pain, and write it off as hormonal or psychological?’

Mar 11, 2020 | Physical Health

Guest post by Erin Henrici from the US We have all had that paranoia, whether from binge-watching...

‘I wanted to keep dancing so badly, but the doctors were like: whatever’

Nov 27, 2019 | Physical Health

Guest post by Caitlin Evans I’ve tried to write this piece five times now. Which is ironic,...

‘I nearly died because doctors said I was wasting my own time and theirs’

Nov 20, 2019 | Physical Health

Guest post by Rhian Arnold I’ve always struggled with greetings, formal or casual; I’m...

‘I think you’re a little bit stressed love’: a pituitary tumour misdiagnosed as stress

Sep 18, 2019 | Physical Health

Guest post by Catherine Gladwyn I was 34 years old and it was 2011. Nothing particularly different...

‘A middle aged mental health patient – what illness has she given herself now?’

Jun 26, 2019 | Physical Health

Guest post by Ruth Fryman I just knew I had fibromyalgia when I went to see my then-GP, because of...

Antidepressant withdrawal and serotonin syndrome: ‘I felt like I was dying, but doctors put it down to my mental health problems’

Jun 12, 2019 | Mental Health, Physical Health

Guest post by Fiona In writing this, I am hoping to help others through my experience. I have been...

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