Ep 88 Endometriosis: Menstrual Backwash
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Women's Health
Freud's transformation of hysteria into a psychological disorder turned women into unreliable sources on their own body. Women began being seen as mentally ill, rather than physically sick. If you were experiencing pain and complained too little, you weren't taken seriously because you weren't experiencing enough pain. But if you complained too much, you were labelled as an exaggerator, as dramatic as crazy. One proponent of psychogenic diagnosis says that the vehemence with which many patients insist their ill is medical rather than psychiatric, has become one of the hall marks of the conditions. So like the more you say no, this is a real pain, the more likely you are to be diagnosed with a psychogenic illness.
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