EP35 - Betrayal Medicine with Megan Nichols LCSW

With the recent headlines regarding spinal and chronic pain patient Luigi Mangioni, and the brutal murder of a United Healthcare insurance executive, our attention is drawn to the plight of chronically ill patients and our broken healthcare system.
Our guest today, Therapist Megan Nichols, LCSW, helps us unpack medical trauma, gaslighting and PTSD.
We discuss what is happening within the current constructs of our overtaxed and un-individualized healthcare system, how we got here and the difficult emotions that we often encounter on our journey to be heard, seen and understood.
We discuss ways to more effectively accomplish our goals regarding caring for ourselves mentally and physically as we navigate chronic conditions and seek for better quality of life.

In this episode you will learn:
--What defines trauma in a medical setting and how it is different for each of us.
--What is medical gaslighting and how does it sound different when a provider is dismissing versus just not understanding.
--What EMDR therapy is and how it can help your body resolve trauma.
--Tools for mental health care with or without insurance.

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