6. Inequality In Medicine: The Freedom Of Learning To Trust Your Body's Intuition

Many studies have shown that women's pain is more likely to be dismissed by doctors than men's pain. One study showed that women were 25% less likely to be given painkillers when suffering from stomach pain, it takes on average seven years for a woman to be diagnosed with endometriosis and a shocking 72% of US women have experienced medical gaslighting. With medical authority still biased, how can we gain freedom by trusting our intuition and being our own health advocates (whilst still respecting medical advice)?

I speak to NHS health nurse and therapist Becky Grace in this episode. Not only does Becky have professional experience in the medical field, but she also experienced medical gaslighting at 21 when her gynecological issues were dismissed repeatedly and she was left with septicemia. 

We cover: 

• Changing careers from mental health nurse to therapist 
• Some of the inequalities women face in the medical field 
• Becky's own experience of medical gaslighting 
• The deeper environmental causes of the pain women suffer