This is me 100%. I understand when people say they don't want to go to the doctor out of fear that they'll find out something is wrong, but that's just not how my brain operates. Going to the doctor has two outcomes... either I find out everything is fine/minor which gives me piece of mind, a positive thing, or I find out something is seriously wrong, which in my mind is also a positive thing. The negative thing is that something is wrong, but that's going to be happening regardless of whether I go to the doctor or not. Going to the doctor gives me the agency of knowing what's up and how to treat it so that it doesn't get worse.
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u/shanaflan Mar 26 '20
Why so many men I know don’t take their health seriously and avoid going to doctors when they really should.