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>multiple specialists all telling you that it's "all in your head" This has been my experience since I started having systemic inflammatory symptoms since the

>multiple specialists all telling you that it's "all in your head" This has been my experience since I started having systemic inflammatory symptoms since the age of 12. It has wrecked my life in as literal and as figurative a way as one can imagine. A lot of doctors blur the lines between their own hypotheses and facts. It's always "all in your head" until it isn't, but few ever admit they were wrong even after the facts come out. Many also have such an ego that they prefer to concoct convoluted and implausible explanations for irregular test results and obvious symptoms rather than to concede that their prior implications about the patient's character (as being one who makes up symptoms) were unacceptable.

chiefalchemist 9y ago
Not to get off topic but when science (i.e., doctors) act this way it undermines the broader faith in Science. It would be more accurate to say, "We're not sure. We're sorry. We can't help you at this time." But instead they blame you? The person who brought them opportunity? Science could stand a heavy dose of humility. No one trusts an egotistical bully. Note: I'm not a Luddite. I think the scientific method is a great tool. It's enabled us to do wonderful things. But humans being human do make mistakes, there a false flags, etc. My rub, despite history, is there's a (false) belief that Science can do not wrong. That disconnect - and the ongoing insistence it doesn't exit - only undermines Brand Science (if you will). The irony is, there's plenty of Science to show how such denial is a mistake. It's as if Science won't listen to itself. But blames us for not listening? Huh?