Why Being a "Good Patient" Is Destroying Gen X
Gen X watched their boomer parents be the good patients. Show up. Follow instructions. Trust the doctor. Don't ask questions.
It didn't end well.
This is a new episode of Diagnose This. Dr. Z is joined by Alder Aspen, Gen Z health advocate, to talk about what two generations of being failed by the same system looks like — and why the response has been so different.
Gen X stopped expecting help years ago. They learned to endure, not confront. They normalized the pain. They said they were fine while their knee hurt and their back was out and their stomach was a mess. Decades of unmanaged…
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