Breaking The Silence On Childhood Medical Trauma & Living With Chronic Pain

If you're an ex-child patient struggling with your mental health, or living with chronic pain this conversation is for you. Christina shares her story of medical dismissal, long-term trauma impacts, and the patterns of behaviour and belief that childhood medical trauma creates - patterns she discovered weren't unique to her. In her thesis research, every survivor she interviewed reported the same struggles. Watch to hear: 💔Honest conversations about the mental health toll of medical trauma 💔How her condition has impacted her family 💔The patterns doctors won't name 💔How validation from other survivors changes everything 💔The brave choices she's about her life due to living with chronic pain 💔How she's turning her pain into helping other families This is 37 minutes of raw, vulnerable conversation with someone who truly understands. Because medical trauma is real. Your struggle is real. And you deserve to be heard. 💛 Are you an ex-child patient? What hit you the most out this conversation? Let me know in the comments. 👉 Subscribe to help break the silence surrounding medical trauma KEY MOMENTS: 00:00 Introduction - Christina's story begins 02:00 Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome diagnosis 05:00 Medical dismissal & "paranoid first-time mother" 10:00 Developmental differences with twin sister 15:00 The moment she realised she was "abnormal" 20:00 Long-term patterns from childhood medical trauma 25:00 Her thesis findings - every survivor reported the same 28:00 The mental health impacts & brave truths 32:00 Her advocacy work through Go Gold 35:00 Her message for other survivors. If you're a parent with a child in hospital and a GoFundMe page, contact Christina here:   / gogoldforchildhoodcancer   And for people suffering with chronic illness you can connect with Christina here:   / chronically.christina   #medicaltrauma #exchildpatient #survivorvoices #mentalhealth #childhoodtraumasurvivor #validation #youarenotalone #traumasurvivor #advocacyinaction #chronicallyill