S2 E57: Medical PTSD with Emily Parks, founder of POP! Medical PTSD

from Making Headway · host Eryn Martin

After your brain injury, have you felt scarred by the medical community?  Do you feel yourself pulling away from others, having intrusive thoughts, avoiding medical appointments, having increased anxiety about your health, or having trouble focusing on your appointments? You may be experiencing Medical PTSD.  In today’s episode we have Emily Parks who is a patient advocate, behavioral health specialist, and founder of POP! Medical PTSD.   POP! provides a safe space to validate your experience and learn more about what others are doing to overcome medical PTSD.  Emily is groundbreaking in developing the definition of medical PTSD and increasing awareness that people can become traumatized by going through the healthcare system or by experiencing a medical event. She gives advice on communicating with healthcare providers and getting through trauma.  Listen today to learn more about this important topic!Reach out to:POP! Medical PTSD and Emily Parkshttps://www.popmedicalptsd.org/Instagram: POP_medicalPTSDStroke Recovery with Motus Nova: https://motusnova.com/makingheadway/ NeuMind is looking to build a platform to support brain injury survivors and caregivers through rehabilitation.  They are looking for survivors and caregivers to give feedback.  Help them help others: neumind.co.uk/makingheadwayEryn on IG @eryn_makingheadwaypodcastMHP on IG @makingheadwaypodcast Go to our website www.makingheadwaypodcast.com for full show notes and resourcesSupport us at:PatreonDonate section on our website.  10% of profits go to our favorite non-profit of the momentHELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We are a podcast for brain injury survivors by brain injury survivors. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe!Ways to subscribe to the Making Headway Podcast:Click here to subscribe via Apple PodcastsClick here to subscribe via SpotifyClick here to subscribe via RSSYou can also subscribe via Stitcher Visit the Making Headway Podcast website to learn...

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