No Longer at War with Our Bodies
This blog is for anyone who has ever felt like they are at war with their bodies. For almost my entire life I can remember fighting depression, anxiety, eating disorders, drug addictions, and physical illnesses. I have spent more hours than I care to recount in doctors offices, in hospitals, at urgent care, with naturopaths, and with therapists. My life adventures and physical body took me back to the doctors and to therapy in November. Why? Because my emotions went whacky and I started gaining weight. My emotions first started going out of whack in November from PTSD but also because, little did I know at the time, my body was changing. So come January I really noticed my body didn't feel like myself, I was tired, I was no longer menstruating and I was gaining weight, quickly, kind of like the Titanic taking on water. So what did I do? I began the rat race with doctors offices. First to my primary care doctor who was flabbergasted I wasn't pregnant, and when ...