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6 tips for dealing with medical gaslighting, according to doctors
Medical gaslighting, or when clinicians make patients think their symptoms are all in their heads, …
Anna Medaris
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A 31-year-old mom says doctors dismissed her severe pain as a gallbladder issue. Later, tests showed she had stage 4 cancer.
Casey Ward says she begged doctors to operate, but they wouldn't because she was pregnant. After bi…
Anna Medaris
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A mom said her severe pain was dismissed as anxiety for a year. Then, while undergoing a c-section, she learned she had terminal cancer.
Lois Walker said she was in such pain she told doctors she would kill herself, but was brushed off.…
Anna Medaris
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A 29-year-old's stroke was misdiagnosed as MS. She's now relearning how to walk after more than a year of misguided treatments.
Jordan Plunkett had vision problems, confusion, and heat sensitivity, which doctors thought was MS.…
Anna Medaris
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A botched root canal operation left a woman with hallucinations and migraines that she thought would kill her
Kara Edwards told Insider she learned her sudden headaches, joint and abdominal pain, and toothache…
Andrea Michelson
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Doctors told a 29-year-old she had anxiety and that she was 'too young for cancer.' She had stage 4 kidney cancer.
Eight doctors dismissed Katie Coleman's symptoms. After weight loss revealed a mass, she was diagno…
Anna Medaris
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A new mom who went to the ER with crushing chest pain and vomiting was dismissed as anxiety. It was a heart attack.
Wakisha Stewart, a 31-year-old nursing assistant, knew something was very wrong. But the receptioni…
Anna Medaris
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Doctors dismissed student's pain, weight loss, and vomiting as alcohol-related. She had incurable cancer.
Even when 20-year-old law student Georgia Ford coughed up blood, doctors said her symptoms weren't …
Anna Medaris
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A woman tested positive for colon cancer on an at-home test. Her doctor dismissed the result then hospital tests confirmed a tumor.
Christine Bronstein took a home colon cancer test after seeing blood in her stool. It was positive,…
Anna Medaris
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A 30-year-old YouTuber's breast cancer was dismissed as a cyst, but she had a 'gut-wrenching feeling something was wrong'
Tess Christine said her doctor told her not to worry about the lump in her breast. Christine pushed…
Anna Medaris
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Doctors diagnosed a 20-year-old's stroke symptoms as a migraine and sent him home. The next day, he had a seizure and was given a 3% chance to live.
Xavier Ortiz went to the ER with a headache, a drifting eye, and poor coordination. The next day he…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Doctors dismissed a teacher's worrisome vomiting and stomach pains as anxiety for a year. It turned out to be cancer.
Heidi Richard's pain, weight loss, and vomiting were chalked up to anxiety, mono, and pulled muscle…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Patients are calling out 'medical gaslighting,' saying doctors deny their symptoms and misdiagnose serious illnesses
People are sharing stories of being dismissed by healthcare pros. Women, Black people, and patients…
Julia Naftulin,Anna Medaris Miller
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I'm a doctor who's witnessed medical gaslighting. Here's how I try to avoid it, and how patients can advocate for themselves.
Patients are speaking out about feeling dismissed by doctors. Here's why medical gaslighting happen…
Anna Medaris
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I'm a doctor, and I know what it's like to be gaslighted as a patient. Here's what I do to advocate for myself in a medical setting.
For years, Dr. Christina Johnson's painful periods were dismissed as an STI. She really had fibroid…
Anna Medaris
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Mounjaro is not 'an easy way out' for weight loss, says woman who shed 200 pounds with the drug — it required a lot of work
Mounjaro changed Tara Rothenhoefer's life, helping her lose 200 pounds. She's frustrated by myths a…
Gabby Landsverk
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7 tell-tale red flags of medical gaslighting and how it can lead to a horrifying misdiagnosis
On average, doctors interrupted their patients just 11 seconds into an appointment — here are…
Ashley Laderer,Arthur Caplan
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What is gaslighting? How to recognize and deal with this form of manipulation and emotional abuse
Gaslighting is a form of manipulation where an abuser, like an employer, bends subjects to their wi…
Sarah Fielding,John Mutziger
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The anti-vaxxers who 'gaslight' medics are destroying the patient-doctor relationship in America, experts warn
Emergency room doctor Stephen Sample told Insider he's feeling "demoralized" after receiving pushba…
Sophia Ankel
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How to stop gaslighting in its tracks, regain your self-confidence, and safely exit the situation
Responding to gaslighting can be difficult, and sometimes the most effective response is no respons…