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Endometriosis: The Psychosocial And Emotional Lived Experience Of College-Aged Women, Brianna Graffia
Endometriosis: The Psychosocial And Emotional Lived Experience Of College-Aged Women, Brianna Graffia
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Endometriosis is a condition thought to affect as many as one in ten women. It is most commonly associated with infertility, intense abdominal pain, which may affect a woman’s ability to work and maintain social relationships; and pain during sex, which may prevent or challenge her in maintaining a sexually active relationship. On top of the ways in which women’s daily lives are affected by this condition, the women who experience endometriosis are also subject to having their symptoms dismissed by their doctors as either “catastrophizing” or psychosomatic
This two-part project explores the real-life experiences of women who suffer from …