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Podcast: Invisible Not Broken - Chronic Illness Podcast Network
Episode: (Discomfort Zone podcast) Ep 5: We Are Visible - Karina Sturm
Description: Award-winning filmmaker and journalist Karina Sturm joins the show to talk about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a rare connective tissue disorder she lives with. She opens up about the medical gaslighting she experienced during her long path to diagnosis and how she transitioned from laboratory technician to chronically ill patient to journalist and filmmaker. Karina then talks about her feature-length film, We Are Visible, the challenges she faced while making it, and the false ‘fabricated or induced illness’ (FII) allegations many of her interview subjects experienced.'We Are Visible' highlights the challenges people living with invisible illnesses face ever...