I recently found myself reflecting on a chapter in Dr. Howard Schubiner's book Unlearn Your Pain, in which he places hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) within a neuroplastic category of conditions. This raised some important questions for me, both as a psychologist who works with chronic illness and chronic pain, and as someone with lived experience of hEDS. Before going any further, I want to acknowledge that I have great respect for Dr. Schubiner's contributions to t
