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How People With Chronic Illness Can Process Treatment-Induced Trauma
Living with chronic illness is complicated and it is not uncommon for it to be accompanied by anxiety, depression, stress, and feelings of overwhelm. But as I had to find out for myself, there is an element that is not often identified or treated properly: complex trauma due to living with chronic illness, or as proposed by Dr. Donald Edmondson, the Enduring Somatic Threat Model or EST form of PTSD.
