the hysteric archetype
“He is not a little mystified when he encounters in her periodically recurring phases of hypersensitiveness, unreasonableness, and loss of the sense of proportion.”
about the film
no more breadcrumbs.
HYSTERIA rips the muffle off one of the most common yet criminally under-researched diseases in the world. Endometriosis affects over an estimated 190 million people globally — and most of them spend nearly a decade of their youth just trying to get someone to believe them.
The medical system has offered women with chronic conditions like Endo meager breadcrumbs while funding an assortment of boner pills and even a study on whether men find women with Endo attractive. Systems such as this survive upon the fear, confusion, and desperation of their subjects, who don't know how to advocate for themselves. No more.
This film follows my journey to put my stage 3 endometriosis into remission. I work with cutting-edge specialists, researchers, and biotech companies to discover the path to treating this disease and healing my body. Along the way, I discover the hidden link between witches, hysteria, and endometriosis — tracing back the lineage of medical folklore that continues to haunt women in the doctor's office today.
“The global hormonal contraceptive market is worth $19 billion. The first-line treatment for endometriosis has been the same since 1957.”
7–10 years
Average time to receive an endometriosis diagnosis.
$2 per year
per patient
Amount of funding the NIH allocates to endometriosis research and diagnostics.
$180B–$250B
Global market opportunity if the “unmet needs” of endometriosis were addressed.
my experiment
the roadmap.
The core experiment of the film is whether I can put my stage 3 endometriosis into remission. Using a mixture of holistic and modern fem tech and medical approaches, my goal is to prove that while endometriosis may not be “cure-able” it certainly is treatable with a multi-modal approach, and that it doesn’t need to cost a fortune to do it.
Nutrition
The Bean Protocol endometriosis protocol with Karen Hurd and Unique Hammond — using soluble fiber to bind and eliminate excess estrogen and toxins.
Mind-Body Connection
The Journal Speak method to address the psycho-physical connection between chronic pain, endometriosis, and stored trauma.
Physical
Working with OTO Fertility for exercise and movement to increase stress resilience, then acupuncture, rolfing, and pelvic floor physical therapy.
Medical
Removing the hormonal IUD and considering whether surgery is a necessary next step.
“Women are not small men.”
my story
how i got here.
In 2020, when the world was falling apart, so did my body. My period became so painful I was vomiting and blacking out for hours. Doctors told me it was normal. Maybe I should try antidepressants. Maybe I just needed to have a baby.
I would not accept.
After a year of research, I self-diagnosed and found a surgeon who confirmed Stage 3 Endometriosis. When I walked into his office for the post-op, ready for a treatment plan, he sighed and said my only options were birth control or medical menopause.
That was the moment I understood something most women with endo eventually understand: the medical system has decided this disease is unsolvable, and the only thing on offer is symptom suppression while the disease keeps growing.
I refused that as a final answer.
For the last five years, I have been building my own protocol. Surgery. Diet. Nervous system work. Light therapy. Movement. Supplementation. Community. The work of doctors, scientists, and practitioners who are quietly transforming how we understand female biology, stitched together into something coherent enough to live inside.
I am putting my endometriosis into remission. Not less pain. No pain. Not symptom management. Restoration.
This documentary is the record of that work.
It exists because the path I'm walking should not require the resources I've had to find it. Most women with endo are handed two options and told to pick. I want this film to be the third option, made visible. The protocol stack, the practitioners, the science, the failures, the breakthroughs, all of it documented so the next woman doesn't have to spend a year in the dark figuring out that there's more than what she was told.
There are answers.
I am determined to put them on the screen.
“Women tend to get sucked into believing that our bodies are wild, scary, shameful places that need to be managed by an outside source, medicated, controlled, and sterilized.”
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fund the film.
Be a part of the film! Make a tax-deductible donation today to support the mission of bringing this film to audiences and changing the public narrative of endometriosis. Art and media must lead the way for real change.
tax-deductible
HYSTERIA is fiscally sponsored, so your donation is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Patient-Led
The medical industry will never lead this change — patients have to. Media creates the demand that forces the system to respond.
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“I'm tired of being enclosed here. I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart.”