Alice: A Yellow Ribbons Documentary is a short focus piece that documents a personal journey with Endometriosis and it’s impact.
Alice is a married, mother of three who has suffered with Endometriosis since she was a teenager.https://t.co/LOvPCpwWE6
More than one women we have interviewed have spoken openly with their daughters about #menstruation due to their condition and that it brings them closer, adding another level of understanding between them and support in turn. #menstrualhealthawareness#endosisters#timetotalk
Openly discussing #menstruation not only deepens trust and awareness among family members, it also reduces the normalization of pelvic pain caused by conditions like #endometriosis https://t.co/T6U4vbm0xB
@EndometriosisUK please check out our trailer for an upcoming documentary on Endometriosis and women living with it and related conditions. It aims to make the invisible seen mixing testimonies with shadow work to portray their experiences. https://t.co/GgisW5jkuI #endowarriors
Diet plays a part in how Endometriosis is able to grow and certain triggers can cause painful inflammation. A change in diet won’t cure the endo but may make your symptoms a little more bearable #yellowribbonsuk#endodiet
Talking to doctors can be hard when you feel as though they haven’t heard or understood you and your symptoms. Standing up for yourself and your own understanding of your body is sometimes necessary and DOESN’T make you a problem patient, it makes you your own advocate. #yoursay
Empathy is one of the most important gifts someone suffering from Endometriosis or related menstrual conditions can receive. And it means all the more coming from someone who cannot understand what they are going through, but tries. #yellowribbonsuk#empathy#endometriosis
It takes real strength to keep going, especially when you don’t have a diagnosis and feel unheard. An endowarrior fights an unseen battle because the very nature of this condition is its invisibility. Getting affirmation is a long and painful process and creates a warrior 💪
The social impact of having this condition can be huge. Women lose friends, lovers and even family members because of how hard it is to communicate their experiences. The stigma and judgement attached also plays a large part in why women keep quiet. #yellowribbonsuk#endo
Living with endometriosis means losing a few people. Living with endometriosis takes a lot away from you, your life appears stuck in a cycle of pain and people's condescending judgments of a condition they do not understand.
Every woman we have interviewed has answered the question: have you ever used the phrase ‘women’s problems’ to make your condition and talking about it more socially acceptable? Every woman has said yes, feeling they should. #yellowribbonsuk#awomansproblem?
Having a condition like Endometriosis means you don’t have the luxury of choosing clothing based on anything other than comfort. Something as simple as getting dressed in the morning can become a logistical nightmare because of pain,bloating and heavy bleeding. #yellowribbonsuk
1 in 10 women of reproductive age in the UK suffer from endometriosis. 10% of women world wide have endometriosis - that's 176 million worldwide. Endometriosis is the second most common gynaecological condition in the UK #yellowribbonsuk#awareness#endometriosis#1in10
Our hearts are broken over the loss of #RBG, who advocated so passionately for women’s rights. This woman changed the world. Rest in power to one of the most inspiring people this country has ever seen.
‘I didn’t learn about the reality of living with this condition from any doctor or education but from the women who suffer from it too. It was self research and speaking to other women, that’s how I learnt about it all.’ #yellowribbonsuk#endometriosis#menstrualhealthawareness
‘A lot of my biggest problems in life could have been preventable or at least less sufferable, if I had been better educated on menstrual health as a young woman.’ - while we must protect young females from fearing their menses we must also try to arm them with more information.
@RosCranston please check out the trailer for our upcoming short documentary on Women’s stories of life with Endometriosis and other related conditions that aims to give voice to the unspoken and promote menstrual health education and self advocacy https://t.co/GgisW5jkuI 🎗🎗🎗
Our upcoming documentary aims to tell the stories left unheard, to make the impact of Endometriosis and it’s invisible nature plainly visible through shadow work and physicality, and to show the beauty in the true stories of the battles endured daily by people suffering from it