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by PunchTornado 2949 days ago
I think it's both. The GP doesn't seem to take you seriously if you appear to be a young healthy dude.

I once hurt my ankle really bad while doing surfing and the doctor made fun of me "being girly" and to go home and put some ice on it.

I just wanted to make sure there was nothing broken.

Only recently while thinking about it I realised how bad his attitude was and it certainly made me think at that time that it is in my head and I shouldn't go to the doctor.