“No One Can Ever Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent”
Contrary to popular belief, words do matter!
Stick and stones, DO break your bones …. and, words WILL hurt you! Call us sensitive, but the human race is fragile!
For example, have you ever met a patient or person that was diagnosed with having a certain “condition” or “disease,” and became borderline depressed because of it? They feed so much into what the clinicians said that they eventually became that label. Like they still owe money on a beat up old station wagon that shoots out a cloud of smoke everything you press on the accelerator. “I can never get rid of the sciatica pain. The doctor said just to come back once it gets bad enough to do surgery” or “My fibromyalgia will never go away because there’s no cure for it.” These are the things that I hear in practice … these feelings do exist, and it’s our words that make others feel and act this way.
All I’m saying is be a little more intentional about the words you use when talking with patients and people. You never know how your words will affect them …
Change your mindset … Change your perspective … life is much better when you have an outlook that creates opportunity.
Thanks for being curious and taking the time to read this! Hope it added value to your life and equips you to become better than you were yesterday!
Dr. Joe Jaime, DC, DACBSP®, ATC, CSCS®, FRC®ms, CES
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