How many of you, look up the internet for symptoms, before you consult you GP or therapist?
Five years ago, I would have raised my hands. Neither is that right or wrong. However, lets put on a different goggle to enhance this perspective. The professionals out there, have studied and gained valuable experience to examine and cater to everyone based on what going on in their mind and body, with relation to their own environment. The internet is overloaded with information that may or may not be relevant to you. Most of this information is very general. The information you see may give you a tentative idea. However, I strongly recommend you to not depend on the information completely. If you have not understood anything from the above paragraph, let’s look at it this way. Have there been days, where you have a terrible abdominal pain, companied with feeling weak and nauseous? And there you go looking up for these symptoms, and you see terms like Gastroenteritis or Pancreatitis. There you are sitting in front of your phones or laptops, with a slightly raised heart rate. You are probably already freaking out. Then few days later, females for instance, your monthly best friend comes for a visit. Then you realize, it was just a cramp, which you freaked out after searching the internet. That’s exactly what I meant!
Because the internet is loaded with any information that you can possibly think of, we misuse this information, leading to “false diagnosis”. So, what do you do then? Seek professionals to speak about any issues you are encountering, be it physically or emotionally. When your therapist examines in person, you may be provided with a better treatment suited for you. Finance may be tight for some of us, fret not. There are many places that offer subsidized, or sometimes waived fees. You could perhaps check out for these places up in the internet! ;)
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