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I wasn't taken serious by clinicians
and it was easier for them
to prescribe me a Tylenol
and then just bring in the next patient
because I didn't know
how to express myself.
And they didn't dig for answers either.
They didn't dig at all.
And I hate to say it,
but when you're Black
you can just feel these things.
You can feel the respect
that people have for you.
You could feel the respect people
don't have for you, you can just feel it.
And in some of those rooms that I went to
at the VA, I felt that, felt rushed out,
didn't feel heard,
didn't feel listened to,
didn't feel wanted so I hated the VA.
For a long time, I hated the VA.
I would go without medication,
or go without talking
to someone just because
of the way I was being treated there.
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