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Sheren Gaulbert spent nearly a decade in debilitating vulvodynia pain. She tried diets, supplements, physiotherapy, exercise. She tried self-hypnosis early on but it didn't help. Then, almost ten years in, she tried it again. Within a week, she left the house on her own for the first time in years. She didn't want to believe it was the self-hypnosis, so she spent years finding out why it had worked. The Thing That Sounds Strange Until You Understand It Cognitive hypnotherapy

One in ten people assigned female at birth in the UK has endometriosis. The average time from first symptoms to diagnosis is still close to nine years. This episode doesn't just state those numbers, it shows what they feel like from the inside, and what they do to a person over time. A Diagnosis That Came Too Late Carla Cressey first experienced symptoms at 13. She saw a gynaecologist at 15, presenting with what should have been recognisable signs of endometriosis. She was di

If you have ever been told that your pain is psychological or that stress is making it worse, like that should be simple to fix, this episode offers a more honest and useful explanation of what is actually happening. The nervous system and chronic pain are not separate conversations. They are the same one. What Happens in the Body When You Feel Dismissed Sheren Gaulbert explains the neurobiology in a way that is both accessible and genuinely clarifying. When the threat respon

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from fighting your own body. Not just the pain itself, but the effort of trying to be believed. Of going back, again and again, to a system that keeps sending you home with nothing. Of learning, over time, to distrust your own experience. Both guests in this episode know that exhaustion from the inside. Two Stories, One Familiar Pattern Carla Cressey, founder of The Endometriosis Foundation, spent years in severe pain before