Biology Beyond the Obvious is a 9-part blog series reframing overlooked systems—fascia, mitochondria, gut, skin, water, senses—through the nervous system lens.
You drag yourself to the doctor. Fatigue, brain fog, cycles and other perimenopause symptoms that feel like sabotage. Your doctor says, “Your labs look fine.” But ‘fine’ labs are weaponized to dismiss what your body knows.
Drop the cutesy term ‘post-pill syndrome.’ What we’re actually looking at is decades of override: muted signals, disrupted rhythms, and depleted reserves. Midlife is the collection call for unresolved physiological debt.
Rachel’s vulvar pain wasn’t ‘all in her head.’ Every test was normal; sitting hurt and sex felt like sandpaper. The problem wasn’t her tissue. It was her sensory gain dial stuck on high.
