alt Hacker NewsYou can tell me that I'm as crazy as people who believe they've been abducted, but I'm still going to be my own health advocate. :)
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uncletaco • last Thursday at 4:09 PM
They’re not saying you’re crazy they’re saying you may be helplessly incompetent when it comes to interpreting social data. You probably aren’t a good reader either if crazy was your takeaway.
As of course you should be. Doctors, who are generally pretty caring and empathetic humans, try to invoke the mantra "You can't care about your patient's health more than they do" due to how deeply frustrating it is to try to treat someone who's not invested in the outcome.
It's when "being your own health advocate" turns into "being your own doctor" that the system starts to break down.