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I’m an extrovert who loves most events where there’s food. I’m a night owl, and I wilt in the heat—which I define as anything above 70 degrees. I first learned about HAES around 2011, and I became a therapist in 2016. I help professional women who have chronic pain and/or chronic illnesses, many of whom have experienced some combination of being ignored, misdiagnosed, and gaslighted. They’re trying to be kind to themselves, to trust themselves, and to find ways to get the support that they need without having to prove that their pain is real or that they’re trying hard enough. Although it won’t be exactly like yours, this was my experience. In 2018, after 20 years of it, I finally learned that the doctors were wrong. I never had fibromyalgia; I was born with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (and then went on to develop POTS, MCAS, and gastroparesis). Those same doctors told me that losing weight would solve all my problems. Nope! Weight is not an indicator of health, and health is not an indicator of worth.