Mythological PsychTerms

Unheard? Maybe It’s Apollo’s Fault

A Personal Guide to Being Seen and Believed

Dr. LauraMaery Gold, LMFT
Relating
Published in
6 min readMar 14, 2024

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The sense of being unseen or unheard echoes Cassandra’s ancient despair (Credit: Cassandra by Evelyn De Morgan (1898, London). Wiki Commons)

Ever felt like you’re sounding the alarm, only for it to fall on deaf ears? If so, you might be experiencing a case of Cassandra Syndrome, a term rooted in ancient mythology but strikingly relevant even today.

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Dr. LauraMaery Gold, LMFT
Relating

Therapist, author, and felicitously married mother of seven, writing on communicating clearly and partnering perfectly. Obsessed with medium.com/relating