Season 2 | Episode 8: Our Stories Are Medicine (Season 2 Finale)

☎️ Episode 8: Our Stories Are Medicine (Season Finale)In this season finale, Vesna, Jacky & Dr Nurse Paula reflect on the power of the spoken word and the way one person’s story can become medicine for a stranger who needed to know they weren’t alone.Vesna, Dr. Nurse Paula, and Jacky come together for the Season 2 finale to do what this podcast has always done best, sit with the stories, honour what was shared and refuse to wrap it all in a tidy bow.Because there are no tidy bows here, just truth.Across eight episodes and two continents, they heard from women and people in female bodies who were dismissed, disbelieved, backed into corners, and told to just get on with it. And still they showed up. They shared their stories. They gave us a part of themselves, and that as it turns out, is medicine.In this closing conversation, they reflect on the themes that wove themselves through this season:* The revolutionary act of being truly heard* Informed consent and how often it’s really just acquiescence dressed up in paperwork* The history of the word hysteria and the brain cancers that were missed because no one would listen* Endometriosis diagnosed in a man and suddenly there’s a blood test by Friday* What it means to stop trying to fix and start learning how to be with pain* Grief as resistance, wailing as reclamation, keening as an act that was once banned and is now being reborn* The female oral tradition, from nursing handovers, to kitchen tables, to this very podcast* And the quiet aching tenderness of caring for someone as they cross the thresholdThis is not a recap. It’s a closing circle.We are already so grateful for the guests joining us in Season 3 and if you have a story you’re ready to share, we want to hear it. Reach out. Come sit with us on the hotline.💌 Subscribe to stay with us as Season 3 unfolds and thank you, from the bottom of our hysterical little hearts, for being here.Listen now → 🎙️ Episode 8: Our Stories Are Medicine(Available wherever you get your podcasts.)Disclaimer:Hysteria Hotline is for listening, laughing, and occasionally raging, not for medical advice. This podcast contains strong language, sensitive topics, personal stories, blunt opinions, biting truths, and the horrors of the patriarchy. By tuning in, you accept that we’re here to expose bias, share experiences, and spill the tea on medical nonsense — not prescribe treatment, give medical advice or diagnose.If you have health concerns, always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions regarding a medical condition. For everything else like commiseration, validation, and a healthy dose of outrage, then you’re in the right place.Side effects may include laughter, rage, validation, and the sudden urge to demand better care.By listening, you acknowledge that the hosts and producers of Hysteria Hotline are not responsible for any actions taken based on the content of this podcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hysteriahotline.substack.com