Being a woman

 Being a woman and dealing with medical professionals can feel like its own kind of exhaustion.

Because you know your body.
You feel when something is off.
You live in that pain, that fear, that intuition every single day.

And then you finally speak up, already nervous, already doubting yourself because we’re conditioned to, and you get hit with
“You’re being dramatic.”
“It’s not that bad.”
“Everything looks normal.”

Like somehow their five minute glance outweighs your lived experience.

It is draining.
It is isolating.
It makes you question your own sanity.

But here is the truth
You are not dramatic.
You are not imagining it.
You deserve to be listened to and taken seriously the first time you speak, not after you have been dismissed into silence.

Advocating for yourself should not feel like a battle.
But if it does, it does not mean you are wrong.
It means you have been unheard for far too long.

You deserve care.
Real care.
The kind that listens.