Steve Collins: Living with vEDS, Health Anxiety, and Letting Go of Control
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Steve Collins shares his life-changing journey with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS), exploring health anxiety, medical trauma, job loss, and the emotional challenges of living with a rare chronic illness. Join G-Rex and Dirty Skittles as Steve reveals how faith, resilience, medical self-advocacy, and letting go of control helped him face uncertainty, redefine his identity, and find purpose beyond his diagnosis.
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