Children with multiple long-term health issues undergo severe emotional stress at the same time as they are trying to cope with the physical challenges of their condition, a study has found.
Sorry to hear that. It’s very common, especially with female patients. It took them three and a half years to diagnose my cancer because they refused to do any tests. They said I was “too young for it to be anything serious,” then when the symptoms didn’t resolve, diagnosed me with depression and gave me antidepressants and when those didn’t work said I was a hypochondriac. And people I know, at first were shocked by my diagnosis, but as time wore on and the shock wore off, they got bored of my problems and drifted away, leaving me with no support.
they find a way to be ignorant and try to explain it away so that they don’t need to adjust their own behavior or expectations.
I’d never thought about it like this before, but that does make a lot of sense.
Sorry to hear that. It’s very common, especially with female patients. It took them three and a half years to diagnose my cancer because they refused to do any tests. They said I was “too young for it to be anything serious,” then when the symptoms didn’t resolve, diagnosed me with depression and gave me antidepressants and when those didn’t work said I was a hypochondriac. And people I know, at first were shocked by my diagnosis, but as time wore on and the shock wore off, they got bored of my problems and drifted away, leaving me with no support.
they find a way to be ignorant and try to explain it away so that they don’t need to adjust their own behavior or expectations.
I’d never thought about it like this before, but that does make a lot of sense.