@Damage ugh I'm sorry you go through this too. I'm grateful that I read up on the biases I'm working against and medical gaslighting and ETC ETC ETC so I can at least figure it out when I'm being treated unfairly rather than believing that everything is just my fault.

@littleselkie yes, that is a good place to start from x I still find myself not at all assertive in the moment, but maybe with time I can learn to see what's happening & say right away when things are unacceptable. Mostly it's easiest to not argue and then find someone else. I guess it's different when you pay for medical care. I used to advise people to be prepared to go back two or three times, when presenting w. mental health issues at least

@Damage well I haven't been able to call it out when it happens, but at least I know when it happens, even if I just smile and nod, so I can find someone new after... the anxiety and cptsd be too strong for me to do confrontation like that, even if I wish I could <_>

@littleselkie yah me tooo. No conflict plz

@littleselkie sometimes it's good to remember that the buck doesn't stop with one bad doctor, that you can dust yourself off and try again with someone else if it goes badly. It's hard and tiring though and again we have the NHS here which makes it all a bit different.

@Areya thank you <3