Young women who express frustration, cry, or bring printed symptom logs are often labeled “anxious” or “histrionic.” Conversely, those who suppress emotion and speak clinically are labeled “cold” or “doctor-shopping.” This double bind—what I term the credibility tax —means that female patients expend enormous cognitive and emotional labor modulating their presentation to be heard. One testimonial read: “I learned to say ‘my quality of life is diminished’ instead of ‘I feel like garbage.’ I learned to never cry. I learned to say ‘fevers’ instead of ‘hot flashes.’ I learned the script. It took three years.”
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