Today I spoke to a coworker who had bad experiences with doctors and was seeking recommendations for a new one, then other coworkers chimed in, and so I decided to ask you guys as well. Well, not for a doctor recommendation, but about your bad experienced with doctors?

I’m gonna spoiler mine, because it makes me very uncomfortable, so perhaps it may make someone else very uncomfortable.

uncomfortable

I had a doctor who had no business in it make me show my intimate parts (I’m intersex) and she touched them. She was curious, I guess…? She’s a psychiatrist, so, again, literally 0 business doing so. I already have trauma from regular people who treat me like a circus display, I really had no need for someone with systemic power over me using it like that…

No, I didn’t report this. I was a teenager and barely functioning at the time. :/

  • intensely_human
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    1 year ago

    Why in god’s name do they think they can diagnose nerve issues with x-rays??

    It makes no sense.

    To be clear I am not disbelieving you. I have plenty of experience with doctors trying to use x-rays to diagnose soft tissue problems. It’s so fucking stupid it makes me want to rip my hair out.