Being a doctor is about listening to your patients' stories attentively and reply compassionately. They cry and tell all their sob stories to you, hoping that you will be on their side. Unfortunately patients lie most of the time. And they lie to doctors with no guilt or whatsoever. They lie directly at your face thinking that truth will never be told. the lie about everything. They lie about taking their meds when they actually dont. They lie about their symptoms. They lie about being victimized when all they want is extra financial help from the government. They lie because they are scared to be seen that they dont comply or to show that things happen with no reason.
The good thing about being a doctor is that we have our nurses to do the gossipping and tell us the reality behind all the fabricated act. but knowing the truth usually happens after we have wasted hours of our life listening to made up stories(and maybe adviced something to help ease their made up agony).
so over time, doctors learn. At least i do. I have been lied to so many times that i grow to judge my patients before actually meeting them. This is crucial to ensure that i dont get thrown with mud at my face again and again.
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