NilaJones

RE: https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/116388219550336492

'They think “I don’t know” is the worst thing they could say to a patient. They actually believe that “there’s nothing wrong with you” is reassuring.

'Perhaps this is yet another failing of medical training: doctors have no idea what is and isn’t reassuring to a patient. “There’s nothing wrong with you” is reassuring if I have a funny-looking mole and the doctor is telling me it’s not cancer. But if I’m so sick I’ve lost my job and my life is falling apart, then “there’s nothing wrong with you” isn’t reassuring, it’s nightmarish. It’s terrifying. It makes you feel like you’re living in a horror film.'

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Show threadImmedicableME2h ago
@NilaJones I wish every doctor would read this. Doctors inflict damage—trauma—by telling patients that there’s nothing wrong when clearly there is. It becomes institutional betrayal, where we no longer can trust an entire healthcare system. I no longer believe that I would get quality care if I presented at an emergency room with a broken bone or cardiac symptoms. I fully believe a doctor would look at my chart and blame my symptoms on psychological factors or a flare of my chronic illness.