Does this happen with your doctors? And, if so, do you mind?

[blackemerald1]

You're cool. No apol. needed :) :hug:

 

[barefoot]

heart and chest - in different places say different things.

Yes, I totally get that and listening in both places seems reasonable and thorough to me. Still don’t think it’s necessary to have so much body exposed just to put a stethoscope in a couple of places, which aren’t exactly hard to access.

But, as you say:

I'm sure most doctors, especially one's that don't see us regularly, just see us as human beings rather than people.

Yes...I think she was probably just viewing me as a physical body, rather than a complex person with feelings.

Have you got a short phrase you can learn to make doctors pause before they do stuff?

Practice that or ask your T to help you work out what it should be.

I just wasn’t prepared to have to be prepared for this! A more complicated consultation or a more invasive examination/procedure and I would have been prepped to the hilt! But this was a quick visit to the GP for a bit of dizziness and nausea...I suspected I’d have blood pressure checks, get sent for blood tests and what not. Didn’t expect it to turn into something I’d have such a reaction to. So didn’t expect to have to prep for something getting difficult.

In the moment, I just freeze, dissociate a bit, and comply. So, even if I have some words prepped, when the moment comes and I suddenly really need them, they are nowhere. Frustrating!

 

[blackemerald1]

In the moment, I just freeze, dissociate a bit, and comply. So, even if I have some words prepped, when the moment comes and I suddenly really need them, they are nowhere. Frustrating!

^Completely understand this. I'm caught off guard by random things too & explaining myself isn't my first reaction either.