"No one is coming to my rescue. I became the support that I needed."

In this Episode of The Conditions for Recovery Podcast Amber Horrox shares her journey from the collapse of her life to thriving.

Having suffered for 20 years with debilitating migraines which were misdiagnosed she eventually hit rock bottom when she couldn't cope anymore, putting on a façade that she was functioning brilliantly and her life fell apart. She decided to look to herself to begin to make the changes that healthcare couldn't offer and eventually snowballed to a point where she is now leading a life where migraine does not dictate everything.

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If you have ever felt hopeless about your migraines, dismissed by healthcare professionals or that your support network doesn't get it, this conversation is for you. We touch on issues exposing the communication failings of a healthcare system that doesn't know how to help, the importance of discovering the power you have in the situation and why migraine recovery requires radical optimism.

In This Episode we discuss:

• Moving From Medical Gaslighting to Finding Your Own Agency: When the system can't fix you but you have power
• Amber's Four Key Realisations: What she had to understand to begin to move forward
• The Myth of A Quick Fix: The brutal realisation that everything in recovery is complex can be the first step to finding your way forward
• How to Communicate Your Needs Better With Your Partner: No body can read minds and you have to state your needs
• The Five Pillars of Health: How our health is always influenced by multiple things.

The insights Amber shares in this discussion definitely transfer to the wider conversation about pain, fatigue and invisible illnesses so it's worth a listen even if you don't live with migraine.

Connect with Amber:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-horrox-69a94010/

Blog and podcast platform:

Warrior Within: Root. Reclaim. Rise. https://substack.com/@warriorwithin

New Book Pre-Order: https://www.waterstones.com/book/migraine/amber-horrox/9781915200839

Connect with the Show:

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