Even the ones who express empathy can't usually help.

Drug shaming has to stop. The relationship between the Dr & patient should be more focused on. So many lies about chronic pain management. I speak for my children, grandchildren and the people who will come after me.

Very well put

Fellow fibromyalgia sufferer here 🖐️👍 I experience chronic pain in virtually all of my joints and (pre-diagnosis) I've had one Dr say, in these exact words, "you've got a funny walk, you should get some new shoes", and another who, after I explained that I had been experiencing various mystery pains every single day for a number of years, said "keep an eye on it and come back in a couple of weeks if it's still bothering you". It took just over ten years to get an actual diagnosis and the entire time I felt that seeking treatment was becoming more and more pointless with every attempt. I felt ignored and defeated and even now I feel that pursuing treatment is just as likely to lead nowhere as not. My heart goes out to anyone who suffers with a condition which not only goes unnoticed by others in daily life but is also intentionally dismissed when presented to medical practitioners.

@@philurbaniak1811 My heart goes out to you, too! I'm just so sick of hearing "Oh just exercise and meditate and you'll feel better." That's not helpful. "Exercise" as I used to know it and as I know it now are completely different. When I try to do what I can, I'm told "hmm... you really should get up to 30 minutes a day at least". It's much more complex than that and most days I can do my daily activities around the house and that's IT. It's so frustrating that there are very few medical professionals out there than understand fibro.

Lori, please research in India there are good treatments available in so called alternate therapies... would recommend to carry your own research and it will surely help. All the best

Yes.

And the whole time 30+ years, my spinal cord was collapsing

@@roseducharme3836 same! I have syringomyelia and some dr's STILL gaslight me that I should not have pain 🤷‍♀️

Another example of harmful bias at work 👍 I've heard one friend who has this problem say "well it's supposed to hurt" when asked if she'd thought about seeing a doctor. It's absolutely appalling to me that in England healthcare is literally free and yet people can still consider it a complete waste of time to even consult a doctor. Unfortunately though some of us have proven time and again that this is in fact the case. I mean who's going to ask for help from someone who's already made it abundantly clear that they do not intend to help you?

@@philurbaniak1811 This is so true. The UK healthcare system is terrible. The amount of health issues I've had that were completely dismissed by doctors. Chronic backpain? Do some stretches. Anaemia? Take a few tablets. Anxiety? download a (paid) meditation app. Severe menstrual cramps? Here's some birth control. Not once was I screened or checked for any disease or underlying condition. I could have cancer somewhere for all I know that's causing these things but I guess I won't know until it's too late. Not to mention the dentists... oh god... the UK is known for bad teeth for a reason...

She also described doctor searching as (rough approximation) 'hypochondriacs looking for someone to agree with them'

Cause 'wokeness'.

@@badnewsbruner right, lol, I keep thinking I'm gonna hear something interesting with Ted talks like I used to. I used to discover so many interesting things with Ted talks. Now it's like they got the memo for the whole social justice warrior movement a few years too late and have somehow not noticed it's kinda passed.

A short talk doesn't cover everything. The discussion was about bias, examples given from studies. How is that cutting off half the audience u less they have a bias which says they don't listen to information unless it impacts themselves directly (is that another bias?)

I’ve been asking that question for a long time. I have learned pain can become a learned response to certain activities but that doesn’t mean you don’t feel pain. Dr DeCaria has written a book, Break the Chronic Pain Cycle, which may help. I bought it on Amazon.

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Ur source that psychosocial causes of pain r more common in women?

Well said, this reminds me some advice that I heard Joe Rogan recieved. "Live your life like there is a documentary crew following you around and you are analyzing your own behavior," Rogan

@@phillbucs Omg yeah I remember that podcast, that advice was stuck in my head for quite awhile ✌️&♥️

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From living with problems from getting hit by a car in highschool to chiari malformation and syringomyelia I can honestly say the healthcare system is a joke... And I cannot trust a Dr for a thing anymore. If it wasn't for me becoming my own Dr pretty much I'm pretty sure I would've been dead years ago.

I guess you're living in another world!!

@@BlockStarsPodcast race baiters are the worst kinds of racists. I get told these same things eventhough I'm a white middle class male.

@@seegraham948 I'm glad you're doing better! Prayers go out to you my friend

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