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When doctors don't connect physical symptoms to emotional reality

My chronic illness flares up when I'm stressed but my doctor treats the symptoms like they're separate from my life circumstances.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Medical compartmentalization can ignore the interconnectedness of our lived experience and bodily expression.

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