Dissociatedbi - This Blog Is My Therapist's Idea

One thing I would love for doctors to understand is that by the time a patient has been chronically ill for a number of years, they likely have many layers of medical trauma.

This can affect the way they come across in an appointment.

— Sleepy Amy (@amy_is_tired) August 25, 2022
When my symptoms first started, I would be visibly distressed in doctors' appts when discussing them. I'm not anymore. Not because I'm not distressed (if anything, I'm more so) but because my understandable distress was pathologised and used as 'proof' I was just mentally ill.

— Sleepy Amy (@amy_is_tired) August 25, 2022
So over the years I've become more businesslike in appts, to the point where my distress about my quality of life is so far from my mind that I can't even recall it when I'm talking to a doctor, never mind cry or anything. It's a trauma induced coping mechanism.

— Sleepy Amy (@amy_is_tired) August 25, 2022
But this could have its own consequences. Doctors might assume my symptoms aren't that bad. Or my quality of life isn't as poor as I say it is. I worry that this influences their decisions just as much as my obvious distress did in the beginning.

We need trauma informed care.

— Sleepy Amy (@amy_is_tired) August 25, 2022
I'm sad that this resonates with so many people. Your stories are heartbreaking and all too relatable. Solidarity 💜

— Sleepy Amy (@amy_is_tired) August 26, 2022

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I remember my mother constantly threatening me with stories of horrible foster homes, always obsessed with making sure I believed anything would be worse than the abuse currently happening at home. She threatened to drop me off at the fire hall, or that if I called CPS myself, that's what would happen.

Here’s a reminder that if your parents/guardians were ones that threatened to “send you away” anytime you acted out or didn’t live up to their expectations, this was wrong and you deserved so much better. I know my parents used to threaten to send me to a school away from them because my grades suffered. It felt awful.

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