Dealing with jealousy and envy

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Hi everyone. My name is Andy and I live in a village in South West Scotland.

For a long time now, I’ve been struggling with jealousy and envy.

My GP treats some patients really well but when it comes to me she seems to be a bit nasty and she has often upset me.

So I get jealous of other patients and envy them because they all say how nice a doctor she is.

Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated as it feels like it’s taking over my life right now.
 
What you should do is be nice to her. Start giving her gifts as a way to say thank you for taking good care of me.
 
I’m 26 years old. I’m really upset about our last appointment and feel like I should be forgiving but it’s difficult.
 
I’m physically healthy, but mentally struggle with anxiety. I was at mass tonight and I really feel a lot better about the whole situation.
 
I LOVE how mass - can do that for a believer !
It does that for me too -
I always feel better after a mass - like a car wash - lol
 
There must be more to this story. I don’t understand why you would need to see this GP very often. Maybe I don’t understand things in Scotland, can’t you just switch to another GP? I like the detective series Shetland on netflix. I’d like to get there some day.

In the US, a person is really in charge of their own healthcare, especially finding a physician that one is comfortable with. Seeing a physician is not, in my mind, an emotional experience. I want to get in and out as fast as I can. I have a primary care doctor and several specialists.

p.s. how do you know how this gp treats other patients?
 
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I have to visit regularly to check my medicine is in order and I’m a recovering addict so it’s important that the GP sees me and checks if I’m clean or not.

Other people in the village tell me how good she is with them. I don’t ask for much but threatening to take my medication away simply because I accidentally lost some one day is unacceptable imo.
 
Would she be concerned about you possibly becoming addicted to the medication?
 
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I don’t ask for much but threatening to take my medication away simply because I accidentally lost some one day is unacceptable imo.
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Wouldn’t “accidentally” losing one’s medication, possibly be seen by a physician as a ploy to mask, dealing drugs? Might the GP be suspicious and for this reason, not as kind as you wish. Possibly you might bring this up with the GP and work it out?
 
Have a rather direct discussion with the doctor. That will clear the air a bit.
 
Hi Taribo,

I’m really sorry that this is your experience.
It might be worth considering that some G.P’s can be nice to some people and not to others due to the types of illnesses that they are presenting with.
So,the issue isn’t really with the other patients and how they perceive her,but the issue is with the doctor itself.
Those other patients may be presenting with something such as a virus or to immunise a child,and some doctors can be nice/warm to these types of patients presenting with “physical” concerns but actually have a prejudice/misconceptions/stigma/overwhelm etc towards patients with anxiety or other mental concerns.
Sometimes the doctor may even have a mental health issue themselves that they don’t want to address due to stigma and feeling they should keep it all together/be in control etc and then they can project this onto certain patients.
This can even come out as an aggressive demeanour in some.
It’s unfortunate that some doctors are this way and I think your only option is to change doctors or (harder route) find a way to change her misconceptions.
 
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