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        🩺&nbsp; Growing up when your body felt like it belonged to doctors and hospitals
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        <strong>Did you spend more time in waiting rooms than playgrounds? Did you learn that your body was something to be examined, tested, and managed by others rather than something that truly belonged to you?</strong>
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        Does this resonate?
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        💙 Hospital gowns and medical equipment were as familiar as toys, shaping your understanding of what childhood "normal" looked like.<br><br>
        💙 You became fluent in medical language before you could properly tie your shoes, translating between adult fears and childhood confusion.<br><br>
        💙 The sound of beeping machines or the smell of antiseptic can instantly transport you back to feeling small, scared, and powerless.
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        You learned to be "brave" and "good" during procedures that terrified you, earning praise for compliance while your autonomy slowly eroded. Your childhood was punctuated by appointments, treatments, and worried conversations between adults that you weren't meant to fully understand but somehow absorbed completely. You developed an unusual maturity around medical situations while remaining a frightened child underneath.
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        Now you might find yourself either avoiding medical care entirely or becoming overly anxious about every physical symptom. You may struggle with body autonomy—feeling like you need permission to make decisions about your own health, or conversely, refusing all medical intervention as a way to reclaim control. The line between necessary medical care and traumatic invasion can feel impossibly thin, leaving you caught between self-protection and self-care.
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        💔&nbsp; The Deeper Impact
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        "You learned that your body's needs come second to medical necessity, that pain is something to endure silently, and that other people's expertise about your body matters more than your own inner knowing."
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Tools & Learning

🏥8 Ways Chronic Illness Or Physical Disability Trauma Affects Your Relationships

Acting Out for Love

Body That Doesn't Belong To You

Body That Remembers What You Forgot

Same Dance, Different Partners

The Advocate

The Lightning Rod

The Outsider

The Volcano