What’s your REAL story?
Today, we watched a documentary made by a well known YouTuber. This documentary didn’t deliver what it promised. The title was enticing, but in the end it displayed a lack […]
Categories of distressing experience
Trauma is another word for “a deeply distressing or disturbing experience”. Trauma can be anything. Hearing about a loved one experiencing severe trauma can be traumatic. In fact, if you […]
The saga continues. Or maybe not..
Today, I received a reply from the hospital. This reply is in response to my question about the cyst diagnosis. Here’s what happened: On January 23rd 2019 an ultrasound was […]
What is empathy?
Empathy is a recurring theme in the things I like to think and talk about. Along with sympathy, emotion, mental health and the relationship between these concepts. I like to […]
On privacy and having a say in what happens to you or your data. Or: If you didn’t object, you must therefore agree
I’ve had multiple medical misdiagnoses in my life, to the point where I can faithfully say I don’t think a doctor EVER made a correct diagnosis. I’ve had ear tubes […]
Why you should trust your doctor
If you Google “mistrust doctors”, you find numerous websites expressing concern about the decline in patient trust in doctors. Two points I find interesting: Patients don’t trust science If a […]
Tearing down the house – Scars and broken bones
When my brother was 7 or 8, and I was 10 or 11, we would bike home from school together. Bored with biking the same route every day, or maybe […]
A chart of my Myopia progression
My old optometrist sent me the receipts for all sets of glasses my parents ever bought there. So today, I charted it. Here’s my Myopia progression from age 5 to […]
Tearing down the house – Forms of abuse
To all therapists who did not recognize the childhood abuse survivor that was sitting in front of you. Do you have children of your own? Do you regularly drag them […]
Some recognition
Three weeks ago, I called the hospital. I talked to a complaints officer and shared with him what had happened to me. He was a little bit skeptical I think […]