What is medical gaslighting? #shorts

What is medical gaslighting and how do you know if it's happened to you? Hi, I'm Dr. Nicole Caine, and my passion is to teach you how to be your own mental health expert and advocate. And today we're going to be talking about medical gaslighting. Recently, an article was published in the New York Times about medical gaslighting, which essentially is when your feelings and beliefs are undermined or dismissed by a medical provider, you come in with a concern, and the medical provider invalidates that concern and makes you question why you felt that way to begin with. There's a disproportionate predominance of this occurring in marginalized communities like women, persons of color, and the LGBTQ communities, where diagnoses are often missed and under diagnosed. As a result of these people not being heard, respected, and then also undermined, medical gaslighting can be difficult to spot, especially when it's an authority figure. And so let's talk about some signs that you might be medically gaslighted. Your medical provider downplays your symptoms. They refuse to order imaging or tests. They're rude, condescending, and belittling. Or maybe your symptoms are blamed on a mental illness. You may be told it's all in your head or it's anxiety. Check back in my next video of what you can do if you think that you're being gaslit.