Andrea Dunlop

Yes, thank you for saying that. The perennial reminder that we always put that the presence of a genuine diagnosis does not mean the absence of abuse. Exaggeration, fabrication, those things can all come up. Interestingly, as opposed to the Maya Kowalski case, where once we had really done all of the research, that diagnosis of CRPS appeared to be very much fabricated, right?

Yes, thank you for saying that. The perennial reminder that we always put that the presence of a genuine diagnosis does not mean the absence of abuse. Exaggeration, fabrication, those things can all come up. Interestingly, as opposed to the Maya Kowalski case, where once we had really done all of the research, that diagnosis of CRPS appeared to be very much fabricated, right?

Yes, thank you for saying that. The perennial reminder that we always put that the presence of a genuine diagnosis does not mean the absence of abuse. Exaggeration, fabrication, those things can all come up. Interestingly, as opposed to the Maya Kowalski case, where once we had really done all of the research, that diagnosis of CRPS appeared to be very much fabricated, right?

She had gone to three world-class hospitals that had not given her that diagnosis. So that very much appeared to be a fabrication. In this case, I'm not so sure because this was actually diagnosed by a proper hospital and it does appear to fit the diagnosis of CRPS, right? Stemming from an initial injury, et cetera.

She had gone to three world-class hospitals that had not given her that diagnosis. So that very much appeared to be a fabrication. In this case, I'm not so sure because this was actually diagnosed by a proper hospital and it does appear to fit the diagnosis of CRPS, right? Stemming from an initial injury, et cetera.

She had gone to three world-class hospitals that had not given her that diagnosis. So that very much appeared to be a fabrication. In this case, I'm not so sure because this was actually diagnosed by a proper hospital and it does appear to fit the diagnosis of CRPS, right? Stemming from an initial injury, et cetera.

So, and it's not really as much the focus of this, more about the Ehlers-Danlos and POTS. But yeah, that's just to say that like things happen to children all the time. People have medical stuff. It does not negate abuse. Yeah. Correct. Yeah. Yeah. I'm, I'm very glad you pointed that out.

So, and it's not really as much the focus of this, more about the Ehlers-Danlos and POTS. But yeah, that's just to say that like things happen to children all the time. People have medical stuff. It does not negate abuse. Yeah. Correct. Yeah. Yeah. I'm, I'm very glad you pointed that out.

So, and it's not really as much the focus of this, more about the Ehlers-Danlos and POTS. But yeah, that's just to say that like things happen to children all the time. People have medical stuff. It does not negate abuse. Yeah. Correct. Yeah. Yeah. I'm, I'm very glad you pointed that out.

Um, but so this list of diagnoses that we get sort of from the other side of what the hospital and HHSA is saying, I mean, this really, this looks very recognizable to me. Right. And I think that, um, this conversion disorder, do you happen to know the difference between conversion disorder and somatic symptom disorder?

Um, but so this list of diagnoses that we get sort of from the other side of what the hospital and HHSA is saying, I mean, this really, this looks very recognizable to me. Right. And I think that, um, this conversion disorder, do you happen to know the difference between conversion disorder and somatic symptom disorder?

Um, but so this list of diagnoses that we get sort of from the other side of what the hospital and HHSA is saying, I mean, this really, this looks very recognizable to me. Right. And I think that, um, this conversion disorder, do you happen to know the difference between conversion disorder and somatic symptom disorder?

Cause I, I actually realized I don't, those, those feel pretty interchangeable to me, but, um, yeah, I, I think they have been used pretty interchangeably, you know, um,

Cause I, I actually realized I don't, those, those feel pretty interchangeable to me, but, um, yeah, I, I think they have been used pretty interchangeably, you know, um,

Cause I, I actually realized I don't, those, those feel pretty interchangeable to me, but, um, yeah, I, I think they have been used pretty interchangeably, you know, um,

Yeah, which that actually makes sense that I sort of have started to wonder if our entire population of victims and survivors doesn't suffer from some form of conversion disorder and or somatic symptom disorder because something that we hear from survivors all the time

Yeah, which that actually makes sense that I sort of have started to wonder if our entire population of victims and survivors doesn't suffer from some form of conversion disorder and or somatic symptom disorder because something that we hear from survivors all the time

Yeah, which that actually makes sense that I sort of have started to wonder if our entire population of victims and survivors doesn't suffer from some form of conversion disorder and or somatic symptom disorder because something that we hear from survivors all the time

is that once they had the revelation of abuse, that it took them quite a long time to figure out what was real about their health and what wasn't.

is that once they had the revelation of abuse, that it took them quite a long time to figure out what was real about their health and what wasn't.