Even mental health workers will do exactly the same.Įffectively, the patient will feel not only discriminated, but also persecuted. Ignoring all evidence in front of them they will seek, and provoke reactions if necessary to achieve this result, to prove the unreasonableness of a patient.ĭoctors deny what is in front of them because it doesn’t fit their confirmation bias. They will see a “problem” that needs to be dealt with.
When professionals see you, they won’t see a patient. Personal accountability is just an idea that only few old people like me know of.Ĭonfirmation bias then takes hold. When we, as mere patients, dare question their “professional opinion” they will go on the attack and start a campaign of disinformation and even defamation to protect their status.Īfter this, then it spreads like a virus because of things like comradery and other petty “professionals” that think that a PhD is enough to be respected. If you present someone that fits this profile with symptoms that they cannot understand, they tend to become defensive.
Some may have their own mental health issues. Likely because of someone usually rather ignorant, not particularly smart, arrogant, a little narcissistic. In my experience it starts at the GP surgery or the dentist. Ignore anything you say and only looks at notes.Are you refusing anti-anxiety medication?.That is not what happens/that’s not what the medication does.For a diverse range of opinions on medical gaslighting, please see the References at the bottom of this page. If anything in this post resonates with you, please fill in the form to help me gather data on the issue. Late stage of ignored cancer, terminal, or chronic illnesses are often mentioned by other gaslighting victims. There are many patients that end up dead.
Speaking to others who have had similar experiences, most just give up eventually. I have found that the battle against gaslighting becomes a toxic power struggle that if it does not kill you it will seriously compromise both your health and mental health. This post will point out some clues that can give you a warning that you are being a victim of gaslighting. Over the course of the past 2 years, I have learnt many of the strategies that doctors and professionals use to gaslight patients. It is the sheer wall of ignorance and arrogance made to stand with nothing more than confirmation bias. This is just because, in spite of my emotional maturity, it triggers a lot of my fears about so much more than health. Even though I’ve been going through this for well over two years, I never spoke about it to anyone. This is going to be a difficult one to write about.
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