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How Chronic Pain Affects Other Areas of Your Life: Insights, Solutions, and Coping Strategies for Better Living
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Understanding the Connection Between Trauma and Chronic Pain
My Journey From Period Pain To Co-Founding Somedays
I was 9 years old the first time I went to the hospital for abdominal pain. I remember my mom telling me the doctor was going to ask if I had started my period yet...
You’re Not Going Crazy: Managing your Menstrual Emotions
It’s 8AM. You wake up in a pool of your own blood. Fuck. It’s happening again. You look for your bottle of Tylenol. Your room’s a mess. There’s no point. You learned the hard way...
My Journey with Provoked Vestibulodynia
Five years ago, if I had been asked to write a 1200-word blog post on my physical, sexual, and mental health struggles, I would have fallen short by a thousand words. Unfortunately, in the present day,...
The Different Treatments I Tried to Treat My Vaginismus
When I was first diagnosed with Vaginismus after a strenuous journey, I could feel the relief slowly evade my senses, though this sense of relief was short-lived. I originally thought the diagnosis would be the...
How My Endometriosis Led Me To Become a Nutritionist
“She is just unlucky, she can either go on the pill or get pregnant.” My doctor told my 11 year old self. I started my period when I was 10 years old and the first few ones...
A Curious Touch: Exploring Intimacy With My Menstruating Body
For most of my adult life, come my monthly menstruating, my body isn’t one I have particularly liked or felt good in. Three or four days before I bleed, everything starts to get a little...