Prefacing this with: I wish no one had any problems around any forms of bigotry in medical systems.

But honestly, able-bodied and thin cishet white men (or those from the local dominant racial/ethnic group) need to realise that their experience of medical treatment and consideration for any problem is not the same as the rest of us.

I spend a lot of time getting told that all of my problems are in my head, even when they manifest physically. I spend a lot of time being told that all of the problems my doctor will recognise are because I'm fat, so they get ignored as things that I need to correct without help (because I “should lose weight”). I spend a lot of time being told that my pain either isn't real or isn't as strong as I say it is.

Because of that, even for problems where I think I can go to my shitty GP who harasses me about how awful or horrible I am? I really fear going to see her. Because I'm tired of my issues being swept under a rug or being hassled about the same few things that I can't do anything about (especially if I'm SICK).