[AaronAPU]

There’s another side where the people you’re around downplay any sort of medical concern you have and actually discourage getting help.

So I guess you have:

bad company < no company < good company

[trentnix]

That's only the case if you're unaware you're in bad company! I've known a few people that were excellent weathervanes as long as you were aware there were going to always be wrong by 180 degrees.

[AaronAPU]

That’s a good framing. Just gotta be careful not to let it turn you cynical over time.