I have this patient. I find her personality extremely difficult. One day she is nice, next day, if she had a bad one she takes it out on me and everyone around her and blames us for her misery.
Ive learned to deal with it and come to some kind of compatible repore with her. I no longer try to "break through" to her because it is pointless.
She was complaining to me yesterday about all her life and health ailments. They are valid, and I could understand her frustration.
She said something that kinda made me chuckle - given the type of personality she has.
"you and my dentist are the only health professionals that are doing what they are supposed to do for me"
I am so glad that my work is pretty straight forward. I totally feel for her and yet for her primary health practitioner.... her attitude makes it so difficult to distinguish real concerns over hypercondriac concerns, yet, it turns out that what she has been complaining of for a while was something quite valid.
Anyhow, I felt good that I was helping her as much as I could and told her the limits I had in helping her as well.
Phew! I totally ducked out of that attack!
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