Medical Abuse: My Story

Jay Waters
Nov 4 · 2 min read

TW: Abuse.

I’m terrified of doctors, but as I am currently becoming more disabled from the abuse I suffered as a child 40 years ago, I have to go to them more and more. The people that raised me (I found out they weren’t related to me, and they were never my parents) used to use drugs to make more compliant, but then began abusing the prescriptions themselves.

The people that raised me lied and gaslit me about what was happening to me medically, and used any sort of diagnosis to keep me in place. When I was a very small child, they took me to get three shots of…

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Jay Waters

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Somewhat Cyclops. Knitter. Spinner. Meditator. Yogi. Medical Cannabis Patient. Cannabis Docent. Survivor. Tarotphile. ExVangelical. Writer.

Invisible Illness

We don't talk enough about mental health.

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