I read @neurologistmom.bsky.social substack post this morning in my email and it made me feel so seen.
The cPTSD involved in seeking treatment is unacceptable.
“Iatrogenic PTSD: When Healthcare Becomes the Source of Trauma”
This is the term I suggest for describing what many chronic complex disease patients develop after repeated dismissal, invalidation, and gaslighting by healthcare professionals.
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Ginger Billie
In very simple terms, iatrogenic means caused by medical treatment or by the hands of physicians. But how do the very hands expected to heal end up leaving people traumatized?
