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Content warning: this article discusses controlling partners, financial abuse, and other abusive behaviors. Please read with care. If you think you or a loved one may be in an abusive...

An experience that you’ll come across time and time again with endometriosis patients is that they’ve felt ignored, misunderstood, or outright dismissed by medical professionals. The ‘invisible’ nature of endometriosis...

You'll do almost anything to eliminate the pain and discomfort from endometriosis. At times it can feel like it's holding you back in life – exercising, dating, swimming, and even...

When tissue called endometrium grows outside of your uterus, it causes endometriosis, a painful pelvic condition. Most of the time, endometriosis affects the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and tissue lining the...

I have a confession: I love living alone, and I get to choose what to watch, like reruns of Sex And The City or Captain Marvel for the eighth time...

Throughout the years I’ve been managing endometriosis, I have become skilled at self-advocacy. I am persistent about getting doctor appointments, researching, listening to my body, and not taking no for...

Drinking hot tea is one of the few things I found comforting when I started suffering from endometriosis. Being a Southern woman, I grew up drinking iced black tea. Despite...

Many people struggle with constipation. Living in the rushed world that we do, combined with the great amounts of processed foods that we eat and a global sense of unrest...

Lately, the medication I take to manage certain endometriosis symptoms is leaving me very deflated. I have been on the pill form of the Provera injection for over three years...

My husband knows that I sometimes get pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder, also known as PMDD. We both look forward to day 4 or 5 after my period starts when I usually...

It is pride month and people around the world are celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Unfortunately, some doctors continue to ignore transgender, nonbinary, and queer people who have endometriosis. I was...

Editorial Note: Nominations for 2024 are now closed. We are very excited to announce the launch of the 2024 Social Health Awards program! The Social Health Awards is an awards...

A year into the pandemic, my anxiety, depression, and chronic pain were at all-time highs. I'd had my first excision surgery to remove extensive adhesions, two big endometriomas, and endo...

"I hate my body and this chronic illness life, and I will never get better," I say to myself as I look in the mirror. A line I have repeated...

Dear You, By the time you are writing this, you may have gnarled knuckles and knees. You may find it difficult to walk around the grocery store's perimeter without stopping...

What do you do when the people closest to you dismiss you and your daily health struggles? It’s nothing short of heartbreaking, and quite honestly, insulting. Do they not see...

Being admitted to the hospital is always the last thing you want. But if you live with many chronic illnesses, as I do, it’s better to be prepared. I learned...

If you have endometriosis, you’ve probably heard many coping suggestions. When I first realized I had endo, I remember being overwhelmed by Facebook comments and text messages suggesting everything from...

A common symptom of endometriosis is pain during sex. Not only can sex be painful, but there can be shame and guilt felt by the person with endo as well...

"It is OK if all you did today was survive."- Unknown In the world of social media and lives that are portrayed as absolutely perfect, it is so easy to...