chemgirl
Ideal_Rock
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I have an appointment next week and I'm so stressed I can't sleep!
I get so anxious its crazy. I usually cry during my appointment and its hugely embarrassing. I actually switched doctors because one of the nurses at my old doctor's office constantly made fun of how nervous I was. My old doctor is a GP so I'd be in for an ear infection and the nurse would say it was a gyn appointment and put out the speculum etc. to tease me. Not funny, but a good indicator of how ridiculous I am during an appointment.
I feel like a freak, but I can't stop thinking of the whole appointment as some sort of violation. I get stressed and it HURTS! I get upset and then the doctor asks all sorts of questions about abuse, but I was never abused in any way. I can't act normal and my behaviour makes it so embarrassing.
Everybody I talk to (including my doctor) says it doesn't hurt and its not a big deal.
Does anybody else have anxiety around these types of appointments? How do you deal with it?
I get so anxious its crazy. I usually cry during my appointment and its hugely embarrassing. I actually switched doctors because one of the nurses at my old doctor's office constantly made fun of how nervous I was. My old doctor is a GP so I'd be in for an ear infection and the nurse would say it was a gyn appointment and put out the speculum etc. to tease me. Not funny, but a good indicator of how ridiculous I am during an appointment.
I feel like a freak, but I can't stop thinking of the whole appointment as some sort of violation. I get stressed and it HURTS! I get upset and then the doctor asks all sorts of questions about abuse, but I was never abused in any way. I can't act normal and my behaviour makes it so embarrassing.
Everybody I talk to (including my doctor) says it doesn't hurt and its not a big deal.
Does anybody else have anxiety around these types of appointments? How do you deal with it?