My doctor started avoiding eye contact with me and his male nurse smirks when I'm there?

[Anonymous]

I go to a spine doctor over a year now.

He SUDDENLY started avoid eye contact with me and his male nurse smirks when I'm there

It's awkward that when I'm the ONLY person at room and he doesn't look at me. Any opinion?

[Stevepro68]

Since I am currently out of spine but did practice for 17 years. I will tell you that more than likely you are reading too much into this. You have to work really hard to get a medical professional to be judgmental about anything. I have seen things you haven't probably heard of people doing to themselves. It teaches you that people are people no judgement. Humanity is a vast sea of different and occasionally unusual humans. The only thing I judged was people that hurt other people. They get the bare minimum professionalism from me. To have 2 medical professionals simultaneously be judgmental and unprofessional towards a patient... NOPE

[Asker]

I can read the room there is definitely energy shift AFTER A YEAR...

During appointment he doesn't look at me intentionally, when we're with other people, if he tells me something he doesn't look me in eyes, he turns his eyes away...

Also his old male nurse started smirks when we're talking...

[Asker]

I mean even he doesn't do it intentionally

Why also male nurse is smirking while we both are talking?

[Asker]

hello?

[Stevepro68]

I will caution anyone that watching someone else's behavior and assigning your own narrative to it. Is almost universally wrong. Humans naturally look for things that convince that they are correct. It's called confirmation bias. Let me suggest that what you think is happening might not be happening. Instead you think you know what is happening and the things you see that fit your narrative convince you that you are right.