This is episode 56 of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast.

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What happens to a relationship when both partners are battling invisible illnesses, trauma, and years of misdiagnosis? In this deeply emotional episode of the Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast, David and Jacquie Butler share their raw, unfiltered story of love, resilience, and healing. From David’s decades-long battle with undiagnosed Lyme disease, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and Lyme rage — to Jacquie’s own experience with Hashimoto’s, PCOS, and years of medical gaslighting — this is a candid conversation about surviving illness as a couple.

You’ll hear:

🧠 How trauma, both childhood and medical, shapes chronic illness

💔 Why many relationships don’t survive Lyme — and how theirs did 🗣 The truth about “Lyme rage,” misdiagnosis, and psychiatric medication

 💪 How orgone-based psychotherapy helped them reclaim their lives

👶 Their unexpected pregnancy after years of infertility and healing

💚 A message of hope for couples on the edge

Whether you’re a Lyme warrior, caretaker, or someone who has loved through suffering, David and Jacquie’s vulnerability will move you — and may even help you begin your own healing.

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