Invisible Illnesses with Meghan O'Rourke

Author Meghan O'Rourke joins Jameela this week to discuss invisible illnesses, or illnesses that do not manifest externally. They cover their own personal journeys with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, how lonely having an auto-immune disorder can make you feel, why these and women's health in general is so under-studied, the relationship between auto-immune disorders and mental health, and why we can be hopeful about the future.  Check out Meghan O'Rourke's book - The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness - wherever books are sold. Follow Meghan on Instagram & Twitter @meghanor If you have a Wrong Turn of your own to share with Jameela, email a voice memo to PersonalDisasterStories@gmail.com, and we may include it in a future episode!Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.Listen to Wrong Turns on Amazon Music or wherever you find your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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For anyone who feels like their life is one disaster after another: good news–you’re not alone. Jameela Jamil (The Good Place, She-Hulk) gathers her funny friends and they share their most mortifying and embarrassing stories. Crucially, there are no morals and no silver linings. They are simply here to revel in each others’ misfortune. Wrong Turns: where dignity goes to die.Please share your own Wrong Turns with us for possible inclusion in the show, just email a voice memo to PersonalDisasterStories@gmail.com. Wrong Turns takes over from iWeigh and Bad Dates as Jameela’s home in podcasting. You can still find the entire archive of I Weigh right here.Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey, our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.Listen to Wrong Turns on Amazon Music or wherever you find your podcasts.Wrong Turns takes over from I Weigh and Bad Dates as Jameela’s home in podcasting. You can still find the entire archive of I Weigh right here in the Wrong Turns feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.