Staring At Hot Water Bottles: Endometriosis & Mental Health

"Endometriosis affects us in our entirety and hits our whole life." In this book, Martina Liel shows the enormous influence of endometriosis on the mental health. Based on her own story, she sheds light on the interaction between traumatic stress and endometriosis. Her most important realization: I cannot get well in the same environment and under the same conditions in which I became ill.

To date, there is no cure for endometriosis. This book does not promise a cure. However, on the background that not all patients have access to multidisciplinary high-quality excision centers, the author wants to provide inspiration on what patients can do for themselves in besides changing their diet and exercising. The most important thing for her is, despite the poor care in many places, that the patients do not give up on themselves. An encouraging book based on real life experience.