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Old Apr 17, 2016, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight View Post
This makes me think of my gynecologist, who I had to see a couple months ago for STD tests after I cheated on my husband*. I made a comment to her at the end about how I appreciated her not acting judgmental. And I said I guessed she probably saw all kinds of stuff in there. She said, "We deal with real life." And that really spoke to me. Like, she's there to help people with their medical issues, not pass judgment.

*He knows and has somehow forgiven me, and I'm working on forgiving myself. I feel like what I did was a sort of self-harm, like self-sabotage, like I don't deserve this loving husband, so let me mess it all up. We're working through it with the help of our marriage counselor.
She sounds really nice and it's not up to her to judge you anyway. I think she sees that.

I also ran into a similar issue with medical professionals when I was very heavy. I used to be 5'2 and almost 300 lbs and I got a LOT of nasty comments about how I didn't need medical help, I needed to eat better and exercise. Ouch. Now that I've lost a ton of weight, unless the doctor sees me for something related to my mental health, I get treated more like a human.
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Thanks for this!
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