What is empathy?
Empathy is a recurring theme in the things I like to think and talk about. Along with sympathy, emotion, mental health and the relationship between these concepts. I like to […]
On privacy and having a say in what happens to you or your data. Or: If you didn’t object, you must therefore agree
I’ve had multiple medical misdiagnoses in my life, to the point where I can faithfully say I don’t think a doctor EVER made a correct diagnosis. I’ve had ear tubes […]
Why you should trust your doctor
If you Google “mistrust doctors”, you find numerous websites expressing concern about the decline in patient trust in doctors. Two points I find interesting: Patients don’t trust science If a […]
Tearing down the house – Scars and broken bones
When my brother was 7 or 8, and I was 10 or 11, we would bike home from school together. Bored with biking the same route every day, or maybe […]
A chart of my Myopia progression
My old optometrist sent me the receipts for all sets of glasses my parents ever bought there. So today, I charted it. Here’s my Myopia progression from age 5 to […]
Tearing down the house – Forms of abuse
To all therapists who did not recognize the childhood abuse survivor that was sitting in front of you. Do you have children of your own? Do you regularly drag them […]
Some recognition
Three weeks ago, I called the hospital. I talked to a complaints officer and shared with him what had happened to me. He was a little bit skeptical I think […]
Can my myopia be reversed?
I have severe myopia. Before I got sick in 2018, I always wore contact lenses. Over time, I was prescribed stronger and stronger lenses. Going ever further back in time: […]
Podcast 1 – pain and systemic health issues from surgical clips
Mark Craber and myself have suffered complications of surgical clips / sterilization clips. In this podcast we share our stories. Struggling with your health? Anxiety and depression came up since […]
Why I couldn’t be quiet, that time in the car with you guys
In my teens, Elisa’s parents once invited me and Gisele on holiday with them. I remember being restless on the drive there. Vocal. Loud. I insisted on mimicking a Pokemon […]