Whenever I had to go in for my first GYN appointment I was terrified, shaking, and crying. I was 22. I had been bleeding for a month straight and couldn’t figure out why. (Later figured out it was a chemical imbalance) I felt so humiliated and kept apologizing for the mess. The doctor was so kind and told me he would make this as quick as possible. He did what he had to do, then took a warm wash cloth, cleaned me up down there, put a clean pad in my underwear, and put them on me before I got up from the exam table. Then told me I did amazing. I’ll never forget it.
Many years ago I cut my thumb pretty bad and had to go to the ER (I had managed to sever two arteries which was pumping blood like a fountain). After a long wait, I was sutured up and left alone (except my then bf, now husband) for a little while. The shock and stress caught up with me and I started shivering and shaking really bad. Bf called the nurses and in comes an tiny older woman who just went over to hug my head and slowly stroking my hair. She said in a hushed but confident voice "no no no, don't do that. Relax. I'm here" It was such a basic thing she did, but I stopped shaking immediately. I felt so safe and secure in that moment. I don't know why that worked so well. She must have had magic fingers. I've never forgotten her.
egzom on June 6th, 2021 at 16:47 UTC »
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LadyStrange23 on June 6th, 2021 at 18:07 UTC »
Whenever I had to go in for my first GYN appointment I was terrified, shaking, and crying. I was 22. I had been bleeding for a month straight and couldn’t figure out why. (Later figured out it was a chemical imbalance) I felt so humiliated and kept apologizing for the mess. The doctor was so kind and told me he would make this as quick as possible. He did what he had to do, then took a warm wash cloth, cleaned me up down there, put a clean pad in my underwear, and put them on me before I got up from the exam table. Then told me I did amazing. I’ll never forget it.
Grace-a-toi on June 6th, 2021 at 18:55 UTC »
Many years ago I cut my thumb pretty bad and had to go to the ER (I had managed to sever two arteries which was pumping blood like a fountain). After a long wait, I was sutured up and left alone (except my then bf, now husband) for a little while. The shock and stress caught up with me and I started shivering and shaking really bad. Bf called the nurses and in comes an tiny older woman who just went over to hug my head and slowly stroking my hair. She said in a hushed but confident voice "no no no, don't do that. Relax. I'm here" It was such a basic thing she did, but I stopped shaking immediately. I felt so safe and secure in that moment. I don't know why that worked so well. She must have had magic fingers. I've never forgotten her.