15 | When Doctors Dismiss You: Medical Gaslighting Explained

About this episode

This episode discusses the experience of being gaslit by both partners and the medical system, particularly focusing on women's health issues.

What happens when you’ve been gaslit in your relationship… and then gaslit again by the medical system? In this episode of The Messy Middle, I respond to a listener question that so many women quietly carry: What do you do when you’ve been dismissed, minimized, and made to doubt yourself - not just by a partner, but by doctors? This isn’t about “bad bedside manner.” This is about institutional gaslighting. And for survivors of emotional abuse, it can feel like retraumatization all over again....

People in this episode

Host: Erika Leon

Topics covered

• medical gaslighting
• emotional abuse
• dismissal by doctors
• women's health
• trauma
• relationships

Keywords

• gaslighting
• medical system
• emotional abuse
• traumatization
• dismissal
• women's health
• relationships

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