Medical trauma is a silent epidemic. While the term might sound rare, the experience is common — and its effects run deep. It’s what happens when your interactions with the healthcare system leave you feeling unsafe, unseen, or powerless. And for people living with chronic pain, this kind of trauma can be the invisible anchor keeping them stuck, even when tests show “nothing is wrong.”

Practicing Being Rather than Doing Focusing on healthier behaviors of being rather than just doing can indeed have a profound impact on...