The Emotional Cost of Having to Prove You’re Hurting

While completing my culminating project for my Doctor of Behavioral Health, I interviewed many Black women about their lived experiences receiving medical care, specifically their retrospective experiences with perinatal and postpartum care. The participant I will focus on in this article has a robust history of medical treatment for medical concerns. She described healthcare as …

When Doctors Don’t Listen: How Medical Dismissal Can Fuel Health Anxiety

The voices of many can be heard in this blog. Not only have my own experiences and those close to me been a testament to this, but countless women have either fought to have their concerns heard or felt unheard, leaving the doctor’s office. Often, this is due to a lack of time, and often …