I’ve lived with a chronic illness for years, so I’m used to questioning my body - but nothing prepared me for what happened when social media joined the conversation last year.
One evening, after yet another day of fatigue, bloating, and a mood so volatile I practically quarantined myself to avoid biting my partner’s head off, I turned to Dr Google (yes - I know, my first mistake). Within seconds, TikTok and Instagram delivered their diagnosis: a “hormone imbalance.” No specificity. No diagnosis. Just a catch-all label that somehow explained everything and nothing at once.
