western cultures believe we must be alive for a purpose. to work, to make money. some indigenous cultures believe we're alive just as nature is alive: to be here, to be beautiful & strange. we don't need to achieve anything to be valid in our humanness.
Who makes healthcare decisions in your country?
In the US a patient sits down with their doctor. They work hard and, even if it’s a difficult choice, together they decide on the best course of action.
Then, two weeks later, an insurance company is like, “actually, naaah.”
Hi, I don’t like talking about personal stuff here, but in light of anti-Asian violence in my native ATL, I want to share my experience of being assaulted by a group of strangers a block from my NYC apt in 2018, to shed light on how real anti-Asian hate is and always has been.
Pain clinic I’m at right now asks on paperwork if I have a therapist if yes, why. Deadass just put “medical trauma from doctors not believing or treating my pain 🙂” smiley face & all
Hey doctors & nurses?
You know how people respond to shock differently?
So acknowledge & absorb this immediately: people respond to pain differently. Especially chronic pain.
I know you *know* this, but you need to believe it too.
Dude you GOTTA watch this show. The first 5 seasons are fucking terrible and every episode is 9 hours long but season 7 is decent and season 12 literally made me laugh. You can only watch it on prime video and every episode costs $4