vickythecat
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- Joined
- Jan 5, 2017
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- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 01/2013
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Ok, I will have to cool you down before I go any further - this is not a famous TV doctor in the States, the UK or anywhere in Europe. Thankfully I suppose...
I won't mention where, but it is in the country where I live and this is so so so frustrating. How dare he???!!! The majority of the population is uneducated and they will believe anything a 'charismatic tv' doctor will tell them.
It is true that there is a huge 'culture of pain' in this country. If anyone saw you with a broken leg, they'd come up to you and talk about the pain in their leg instead of asking you how you are doing/how it happened (true story - happened to me!).
It is like a competition - you are abnormal if you don't constantly complain about your health. I moved to this country 10 years ago and I was shocked how in any setting, people would go into these 'sickness' competitions. 'But I have had this and that', 'mine was worse'....Sharing all kinds of very private details. Needless to say, everyone is also depressed and on anti-depressants, which are by the way available over the counter - yes, you heard me right, you can buy any anti-depressant like you are buying a package of candies!
To me, my health is my private business. But here it is not. It is public business. Even in a doctor's waiting room, people ask each other why they are there and they will again start with the 'competition of illness' and advising each other which medication they should take.
It is beyond words....I don't understand a culture where people are so proud of how sick they are/have been, and not about how healthy they are, how fast they can run, how good they feel etc.
So of course doctors know this and sadly real fibromyalgia sufferers have fallen victim to this 'pain culture'. So no wonder some doctors simply do not believe it exists. They are biased and therefore probably do not even catch up on latest research or advancements, science on the topic.
I am just venting here. I feel so angry right now! I know this problem exists all around the world, but believe me it is the worst over here. How can you fight ignorance and lack of education?
I won't mention where, but it is in the country where I live and this is so so so frustrating. How dare he???!!! The majority of the population is uneducated and they will believe anything a 'charismatic tv' doctor will tell them.
It is true that there is a huge 'culture of pain' in this country. If anyone saw you with a broken leg, they'd come up to you and talk about the pain in their leg instead of asking you how you are doing/how it happened (true story - happened to me!).
It is like a competition - you are abnormal if you don't constantly complain about your health. I moved to this country 10 years ago and I was shocked how in any setting, people would go into these 'sickness' competitions. 'But I have had this and that', 'mine was worse'....Sharing all kinds of very private details. Needless to say, everyone is also depressed and on anti-depressants, which are by the way available over the counter - yes, you heard me right, you can buy any anti-depressant like you are buying a package of candies!
To me, my health is my private business. But here it is not. It is public business. Even in a doctor's waiting room, people ask each other why they are there and they will again start with the 'competition of illness' and advising each other which medication they should take.
It is beyond words....I don't understand a culture where people are so proud of how sick they are/have been, and not about how healthy they are, how fast they can run, how good they feel etc.
So of course doctors know this and sadly real fibromyalgia sufferers have fallen victim to this 'pain culture'. So no wonder some doctors simply do not believe it exists. They are biased and therefore probably do not even catch up on latest research or advancements, science on the topic.
I am just venting here. I feel so angry right now! I know this problem exists all around the world, but believe me it is the worst over here. How can you fight ignorance and lack of education?