Lilianna Mint – Young Women with POTS
Can you share a little about the onset and how you came to get a diagnosis? I started noticing symptoms in my final year at school while studying for A-levels. … Read More
Supporting Clients Through Medical Gaslighting
Supporting Clients Through Medical Gaslighting Since the post-pandemic explosion in post-viral and related diseases, the burden of this crisis has expanded far beyond patients and their immediate family members, many … Read More
Lena – on how hope changes
Lena is in her early forties and has experienced chronic ill health since she was 15. She shares her thoughts with us about the usefulness and sometimes also the difficulties … Read More
Natalie Hilliard Physiotherapist (Part 1)
Tell us a little about your professional background… how did you become interested in this area of work as a Physiotherapist? I am chartered Physiotherapist, qualified in 2005, and have … Read More
From Scepticism to Understanding – the hard way…
An anonymous person with M.E. explains her journey from sceptic to ‘really getting it’. She shares how she found community online, and how she approached therapy. She takes us through … Read More
Nurses create Long Covid guide
Nursing Times published an update of work being undertaken in the UK to create a practical guide for nurses on how to support people with Long Covid. It includes a … Read More
#2 – Elsewhere on the web May 2025
Round up of articles spotted online in May 2025 that focus on the experiences of people with ‘psychologised’ or hard to diagnose health conditions. Keith Geraghty on O’Sullivan Writing in … Read More
Past experiences of therapy
In this post we hear from two people, Taylor* and J.E. Barnard, who have searched for support from therapists as they faced chronic ill health and the consequent impact on … Read More
