This attitude is unacceptable in the fields of medicine, science, and technology. If you go into these fields you commit yourself to a lifetime of continuing education. A doctor that does not keep up with changing knowledge in the field is dangerous, as we've all learned as patients with this disease.And given they are almost settled in life or career, they do not want to learn more.
Nicely said...I just heard a political commentator explain Ben Carson's continuing gaffes and bone-headed statements as due to the tendency of doctors - because of their rigorous training - to think they know everything (lol)...One of my personal experiences is: professionals or experts cannot accept the fact that they do not know. And given they are almost settled in life or career, they do not want to learn more.
So they blame the same on the individual who approached for help.
It is complete disservice to the community they are serving or to the service itself.
If they go beyond their own ego, and work with the individual who needs help, one may not have so tough time to recover and lead a normal life.
I believe apart from having a new name, everyone should be educated on the disorder and also on the solution.
Have fun,
Hari
He sent me to a shrink who said - I've treated a lot of depressed patients and you, sir, are not depressed )
There needs to be a word (perhaps a cousin of mansplaining?) that means to be "skeptical" of something of which you have no experience, knowledge, or expertise.
They are ignoscible! I like it...It sounds like it means.I was trying to find something that really describe in single word 'rogue experts' or 'rogue scholars' attitude towards their own service.
I found the following the term to describe them, which is not exact meaning, but I believe is a good match:
ignoscible
(Latin ignoscibilis, from ignoscere to pardon, literally, not to wish to know; prefix in-not + gnoscere, noscere, to learn to know).
Due to their ignoscible nature, they are ignorant and behave boorishly towards the sensitive need of SEID individual by being skeptical to protect their identity and survive in their jobs.
There needs to be a word (perhaps a cousin of mansplaining?) that means to be "skeptical" of something of which you have no experience, knowledge, or expertise.
@Hari
Although an accurate and fitting word, I think the initial question was, can we come up with a word like "mansplaning" for ME/CFS and trying to talk to doctors. Mansplaining is usually when a woman is trying to explain to a man things that have to do with women, so your are explaining to a man these things and to make it MEME and internet pithy like someone coined the term "mansplaining".
However, the conversation was begun by Jen Brea and OP put MEsplaining and I thought it was excellent so I started using it. Because we patients are explaining our ME/CFS to the professional and it doesn't quite get through.
Now, mansplaining is a tad derogatory to a man, I assume, but it was the example used when MEsplaining was offered up as a possible term. So, check out the FB page for Canary in a Coal Mine to see if you can find conversation. No one has really agreed on anything but I thought it was great and made a hash tag for it on Twitter.
Although an accurate and fitting word, I think the initial question was, can we come up with a word like "mansplaning" for ME/CFS and trying to talk to doctors. Mansplaining is usually when a woman is trying to explain to a man things that have to do with women, so your are explaining to a man these things and to make it MEME and internet pithy like someone coined the term "mansplaining".