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When Medical Hormone Treatment Faces Social Stigma

I take growth hormone for a deficiency and people tell me I am cheating or taking steroids when I am just trying to have normal energy levels like everyone else.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Necessary medical intervention becomes morally suspect in others' eyes, creating shame around basic health needs.

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