Sixty seconds on . . . medical gaslighting

Is this something to do with the Ingrid Bergman movie?That would be the 1944 film Gaslight, which tells the story of a man who manipulates his wife to such an extent that she doubts her own sanity. Since then, the term gaslighting has been widely used to describe any form of emotional abuse that makes someone question their own grasp of reality.Is Medical Gaslighting the sequel?No, it’s a term usually used to describe when a medical professional wrongly blames a patient’s symptoms on psychological factors such as stress or anxiety or tells them they are not really sick.Never heard of it—I think you’re imagining itPatients are increasingly sharing their stories of medical gaslighting on social media sites such as Instagram with the hashtag #medicalgaslighting. And two articles on the subject published in the New York Times this year have prompted thousands of responses.12 In one article a woman described going…
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