Most people who find their way here have already tried a lot of things. Tests, specialists, treatments — and they're still not better. This first episode is about why that happens. And I know, because I've lived it.

This is my real story. The rugby injury, the marriage I almost didn't survive, the back pain, the panic attacks, the two suicide attempts, and the slow realization that my body had been trying to tell me something for most of my life. I'm sharing it because it might sound familiar — not in the details, but in the feeling.

What We Cover

• What NERDS stands for — and why WTF means more than one thing around here
• Fear as the common thread in all chronic symptoms — and why it doesn't always look like fear
• My childhood, emotional neglect, and what that does to a developing nervous syste ...