Tag: Holistic health and hEDS

  • Acupuncture & EDS: How to Find a Practitioner of Chinese Medicine When You’re a Zebra

    Acupuncture & EDS: How to Find a Practitioner of Chinese Medicine When You’re a Zebra

    ~~~~~             My first blog post about finding an acupuncturist was in 2019, so it’s been a while.  Besides, the original essay (linked here below) was for normies and I think we can all agree that there needs to be a version of this essay for people with complex conditions.  Whether it’s EDS, MCAS, POTS,

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  • Medical PTSD and Chronic Illness: Root Causes and Strategies for Survival

    Medical PTSD and Chronic Illness: Root Causes and Strategies for Survival

    Medical PTSD is a form of post-traumatic stress disorder caused by damage experienced within the contextual framework of healthcare.  The trauma might encompass any number of events or occurrences.  However, my focus in this essay is on the experiences of chronic, complex, and/or rare disease populations.  One thing is to have an exceedingly unpleasant one-off

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