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Writing about life with chronic illness, pain, and trauma
Articles for people navigating long-term health conditions, persistent pain, medical trauma, and health anxiety. Written from clinical practice and the research that informs it.
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When the struggle itself is the problem: willingness and chronic illness
The fight against a long-term condition can cost more than the symptoms do. Willingness offers a different place to put that energy, so you have more left for the life…
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Living by your values when chronic illness limits your body
Chronic illness can take your goals, but not your values. The difference between a goal and a value, why losing goals hurts, and how to keep living by what matters…
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Why acceptance isn’t resignation (when you have a chronic illness)
A clear look at what acceptance means in therapy for chronic illness: what gets misunderstood, what it actually involves, and what changes when the wrestle eases.
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Therapy for chronic pain: what it can actually do (and what it can’t)
An honest look at what psychological therapy offers when chronic pain isn’t going to resolve. What the work involves, what it doesn’t try to do, and when it might be…
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Health anxiety & chronic illness: why standard advice backfires
Standard health anxiety advice assumes the threat is imagined. When you have a chronic condition, the clinical work needs a different starting point
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Understanding Medical Trauma: Coping with PTSD
PTSD from medical trauma is common in people with chronic illness. Learn how therapy can help you access healthcare without being controlled by past experiences.
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Medical Gaslighting Is Real: How Therapy Can Help
Find a therapist who understands medical gaslighting in the UK. Learn how therapy helps rebuild self-trust after NHS dismissal and develop flexibility for better healthcare navigation with chronic conditions.
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Brain Fog and Derealisation with ‘Normal’ Scans
Experiencing brain fog and derealisation despite normal MRI results? Explore the unique psychological challenge of living when you can’t fully trust your own mind.
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The Globus Sensation: Why Your Throat Feels Stuck
Feel a persistent lump in your throat with nothing there? Learn what globus sensation is, why anxiety makes it worse, and an approach to living well with it.
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Palpitations Panic: The PVC–Anxiety–PVC Cycle
Trapped in the PVC anxiety cycle? Learn why benign heart palpitations feel terrifying and discover practical strategies to break the fear feedback loop.
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