Tag: Medical Dismissal
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Your GP dismissed your symptoms: what are your options in the UK?
Dismissed by your GP in the UK? A plain guide to your options: another GP, a second opinion, changing practice, private GPs, NHS Talking Therapies and private therapy.
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Understanding Medical Trauma: Coping with PTSD
PTSD from medical trauma is common in people with chronic illness. Learn how therapy can help you access healthcare without being controlled by past experiences.
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Brain Fog With a Normal MRI: Why the Scan Doesn’t Show It
MRI came back normal but the brain fog and derealisation are real. Why scans can’t show what you feel — and how to cope when you can’t trust your own mind.
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Dismissed by Your GP? How to Get Your Symptoms Taken Seriously
GP said it’s “just anxiety” and you left feeling unheard? Practical steps to prepare, be specific and get your symptoms taken seriously — from a UK therapist.
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When Scans Are Clear But The Pain Is Real: Next Steps
You have sat in that waiting room, again. You have described the pain, again. And the results have come back clear, again. “When scans are clear but pain is real” is one of the most searched phrases people type after a normal MRI or clear X-ray. If you have reached for your phone at midnight…
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When Your Doctor Says ‘It’s Just Anxiety’ (But You Know It’s Not)
You’re sitting in the GP surgery. Your heart is pounding. You’ve just explained your symptoms: the exhaustion, the pain, the way your body doesn’t feel like it belongs to you anymore. And then your doctor leans back and says it. “It’s just anxiety.” Those three words land like a punch. They dismiss weeks or months…
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When Your Tests Are Normal But You Feel Terrible: What Now?
You’ve been to your GP. Again. You’ve described the exhaustion that makes it hard to get through a workday, the pain that keeps you awake at night, the symptoms that have quietly taken over your life. You’ve waited weeks for blood work, maybe even had a scan. And then the results come back.
