Elle Warren

Elle Warren is a Chicago-based writer covering grief, OCD, queerness, and other historically taboo topics for outlets like The Guardian, HuffPost, Business Insider, and beyond. Find her on Instagram and TikTok at @ellewarrenwrites.

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Please Listen To Women

Doctors Dismissed My Symptoms For Years, So I Did Too. Then I Got A Shocking Diagnosis.

By Elle Warren

Turns out, the pain wasn’t “all in my head.”

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