Feelings when asked to undress.

This brought to memory examinations at my pediatrician. He said to me to take everything off before starting the examination. I alway obeyed and read of knowing what he intended. No underwear and lay down on the examination table for a very long and accurate frog legs position genital examination.

Except in very special, controlled circumstances and with the right person, it takes me a lot to feel comfortable to undress in front of someone, anyway. My thoughts are always, “drape please,” or “gown please.”

I left a doctor’s office once, when she asked me to undress and did not provide either. She actually said, “I’m a doctor; if I have seen one, I’ve seen them all.” I still, to this day, have no idea how that was supposed to be a comforting statement; it did not help ME at all, simply validated her own thoughts on the matter.

I left a doctor’s office once, when she asked me to undress and did not provide either. She actually said, “I’m a doctor; if I have seen one, I’ve seen them all.” I still, to this day, have no idea how that was supposed to be a comforting statement; it did not help ME at all, simply validated her own thoughts on the matter.

@Ladybug761 That doctor was rude and callous! Maybe a retort back to her something to the effect: “Yes, but I'm a person, not just another piece of meat!!!”

As adult, I mostly think little of it. When my urology nurse tells me to “take off your pants and place this drape over your lap,” I do feel a little tingle, but not as much as the one I get when she shoots the syringe of lidocaine gel into the end of my penis.

As a child, “let’s get those pants off for a temp” was like getting hit with a baseball bat.

@Ladybug761 That doctor was rude and callous! Maybe a retort back to her something to the effect: “Yes, but I'm a person, not just another piece of meat!!!”

@Rigel I was too young at the time. I was maybe 20, this happened before I began facing my fear of doctors, medical (especially gynecological) appointments/procedures, etc. This was even before I started “educating” myself online about what to expect, before stumbling through exam walkthroughs on the Medfet sites, etc. I had not even considered a career in healthcare yet.

I agree with you 100%.

Now, of course, I realize I have rights. Then, someone could have told me, but I would not have stood up for myself in any method other than the walking out. NOW, I would absolutely say something, if I did not feel comfortable in the situation.

This brought to memory examinations at my pediatrician. He said to me to take everything off before starting the examination. I alway obeyed and read of knowing what he intended. No underwear and lay down on the examination table for a very long and accurate frog legs position genital examination.

That's how my exams were. My dad was always in the room, every now and then I got examined with one of my brothers. Everything off at the beginning, and it went from there. Also, having an older doctor, my exams were very thorough.

My gosh, the amount of times my nurse said "let's have you undress and hop up on the table for me" with my mom in the room as well. As a child I got anxious and even scared, as a teen I was simply humbled and shy as I was awkward with being seen that way, as I was a very late bloomer.