10/15/2026
“Do you think that’s also probably how our clients feel?! Like they are walking around in a crime scene no one else sees?”
That was a question I asked a colleague over a year ago, and it has stuck with me ever since.
Because when someone walks into a medical appointment, therapy session, or even a conversation with a friend, we don't always see everything they're carrying. The unanswered questions, the normal labs when nothing feels normal, the fear of being dismissed, and the exhaustion of explaining themselves one more time.
And sometimes, they've gotten really good at looking “fine.”
So when I was invited to speak at the International Mast Cell Activation Syndrome medical conference, I decided to make some of that invisible trauma a little more visible.
**By wrapping myself in caution tape. Yep. Actual caution tape. Under my blazer. In front of a room full of medical professionals.**
What happened in that room reminded me just how powerful our words can be, especially when someone has spent years feeling unheard.
I wrote about the experience, my unexpected presentation time crunch, and why I believe **our words can become another form of medicine.**
Read the full story here:
https://bodyledmentalhealth.substack.com/p/i-wrapped-myself-in-caution-tape?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4149183&post_id=220393226&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2ipvev&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Making visible the “invisible crime scene” of medical trauma and chronic illness.
