Gaslighting recovery steps can feel impossible when the person doing it wears a white coat.
This conversation starts where most advice stops - after you realize it happened.
A physician shares how a major surgery turned into a painful lesson in being dismissed by a peer.
Not a stranger.
The head of orthopedics at the very institution where she trained and worked.
That detail matters, because gaslighting hits harder when power, reputation, and "professional respect" are used to rewrite your reality.
You will hear what it's like to be knowledgeable, organized, and still be treated like your experience does not count.
And why that kind of disregard can stay with you long after the appointment ends.
If you have ever questioned your own memory, your own pain, or your own judgment after a medical conversation, this is for you.
What happened in your story - and what was the moment you realized you were being gaslighted?
Otolaryngologist Alan P. Feren discusses his article "How system strain contributes to medical gaslighting in health care."
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