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When doctors dismiss your symptoms as psychological but you fear something is physically wrong

My doctor says my chest pain is just anxiety but it feels real and I am scared they are missing something serious and I will die because no one believes me.

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The boundary between mind and body becomes a battleground when medical authority dismisses lived experience.

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