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My trauma makes living so hard

Recently my ptsd relating to my medical trauma has been horrible. I literally cannot even function because it’s just consuming me. I even purposely trigger myself so i can remember i need to have my guard up always. I need to get back into therapy but i don’t want my therapist to condition me to forget or “heal” i don’t need to heal because i think my trauma exposed me to the truth and i would never want to forget that or let my guard down. But I’m just so angry all the time and upset in my own skin

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u/sadmermaidgirl — 2 hours ago
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A woman self-diagnosed her rare genetic disorder using ChatGPT after misogynistic doctors told her it was anxiety

u/-mykie- — 4 days ago
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*some* gynecologists when you tell them that internal ultrasounds are painful, and when they do one they actually are painful and you were being "sensitive" or "overreacting"

(Small tw cause I'll be describing quite poor transvaginal ultrasound experiences)

(Edit: also typo, it should safe "wasn't overreacting" in the title)

Pretty much how each internal ultrasound of mine went like

&gt;!The first time: the doctor said that "as a rule they don't hurt", so you can guess my surprise when a transvaginal ultrasound hurt like hell. I had a second ultrasound done by a endo specialist in less than an hour after the first one and it hurt just as bad. Honestly with how aggressive the first doctor was and how much she basically didn't care for my pain I felt very dehumanised, like she just saw a cyst (I have a 10cm endometrioma) and not a young girl who's crying in pain!<

&gt;!At my second visit with the doctor who did my first internal ultrasound, when I told her I don't give consent to another one and want to go through the stomach, she rolled her eyes, scoffed and said "ugh but I'm not going to be able to see anything"!<

&gt;!At the second visit at the endo specialist I reported the pain to him, he said that "I'll be fine", but it hurt absolutely horribly yet again. It was like he didn't believe me until I was crying and whimpering in pain during the ultrasound.!<

Long story short the three very poor transvaginal ultrasound experiences left me shaken up to the point of me having nightmares about it and crying, hyperventilating at the mere mention of the past ones, or having one done in the future... It really pisses me off that gynos have little to no empathy regarding something so delicate.

u/RestaurantPlus2475 — 5 days ago
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My attempt at a "short, sharp, evidence-based one-page flyer" for UTIs

https://canva.link/irf0mwj7lcevh8e

Taken from this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wedeservebetter/comments/1m7fjas/denied_care_for_a_uti/

and Cleveland Clinic

Please forgive the graphic design. It's a template I didn't make many changes to. I welcome any and all comments, and if anyone wants edit access to make this better, let me know.

I am also not sure about the last bullet. I'm not deep into resources for chronic UTIs, so I took the first link that was recommended on the r/CUTI sub. So again, anyone with experience...please comment.

Also, US-centric.

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u/OrchidEconomy4989 — 6 days ago