Beyond the Pale: Anemia, The Missed Diagnosis S3E30

About this episode

Brendan Reesor discusses the underdiagnosed condition of anemia and its wide-ranging effects on physical and mental health.

What if the root cause of dozens of unexplained physical and psychological symptoms is not in your mind or your genes, but in your blood? Brendan Reesor, author of the book, ‘Beyond the Pale’, joins us to make a compelling case that anemia is one of the most underdiagnosed and misunderstood conditions driving a wide range of ailments that conventional medicine keeps failing to resolve. Brendan walks us through the foundational role of oxygen in every system of the body and explains how even a moderate reduction in oxygen delivery can quietly erode your physical health, your emotional stability, and your mental clarity. When your cells are starved for oxygen, the downstream effects are far wider than fatigue. He connects anemia to somatic disorders, the very real physical symptoms that arise from physiological dysfunction, rather than psychological origin, and makes the case that this connection is consistently overlooked by practitioners who are simply not looking for it. Perhaps most thought-provoking is Brendan's personal experience and research into gender dysphoria as a potential somatic expression of chronic anemia. It is a perspective rooted in his own journey and one that…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Ennis, Victoria Olson

Guest: Brendan Reesor

Topics covered

• anemia
• health
• psychological symptoms
• oxygen delivery
• gender dysphoria
• blood testing

Keywords

• anemia
• oxygen
• health
• psychological symptoms
• gender dysphoria
• blood testing
• chronic anemia

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Beyond the Pale

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