2/4 The medical system
failed me

I was told nothing was wrong 

They said nothing showed up in the blood tests and threw medical drugs at me like candy; my body obviously experiencing an extreme allergic reaction to the prescribed antibiotics. Everything was just making things worse. In a twist of faith, one of my clients referred me to a naturopath.

Too hippy, I thought, but I gave it a go.

The naturopath was talking a language I never heard before, but I went in with an open mind. She suggested putting me on a heavy detox protocol, and it hit me like a ton of bricks. My mental health was flipped upside down and, at times, my mind was going to dark places whilst my physical body felt like it was wasting away. But along the path I was guided by the knowledge that the detox was working; it was purging out years of physical and emotional toxicity.