Medical gaslighting occurs when a healthcare provider dismisses, minimizes, or questions your symptoms in a way that makes you doubt your own experience. This can leave patients feeling unheard, frustrated, or even ashamed of their own bodies. It can delay proper diagnosis, treatment, and healing, and may contribute to increased anxiety or stress around medical care.

Under Texas state regulations, massage therapy is considered a healthcare service. Therefore, all massage therapists must keep accurate client records, which include completed intake forms.