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When medical trauma prevents future healthcare

My panic attacks started after a medical procedure went wrong, and now I can't go to doctors without having flashbacks, but I need medical care.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The place meant to provide healing becomes the trigger for retraumatization, creating dangerous avoidance of necessary care.

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