Degrees Don’t Equal Discernment
Somewhere along the way, we started mistaking credentials for credibility.
Started assuming that the one with the lab coat had all the answers—
Even when the answers didn’t sit right in our gut.
But here’s the raw truth:
You can have a degree and still lack discernment.
You can memorize pathology and still miss the person.
Credentials Don’t Cancel Critical Thinking
You are not less intelligent because you didn’t go to med school.
You are not wrong for Googling, researching, asking questions.
You are not dangerous for challenging what you were told.
What’s dangerous is blind trust.
What’s dangerous is outsourcing your health because someone speaks with authority.
What’s dangerous is thinking you have no say because someone has letters after their name.
There are MDs who prescribe antibiotics for viruses.
There are specialists who ignore hormones, nutrition, and root causes completely.
There are “experts” who can’t explain why your symptoms don’t go away.
Degrees don’t stop people from being wrong.
Discernment does.
It’s Not Arrogant to Ask
You are not being disrespectful when you push for a better explanation.
You are not being dramatic when you ask to explore other options.
You are not being paranoid when you research the side effects yourself.
That’s not arrogance.
That’s self-advocacy.
And in a system that profits off your silence?
Advocacy is resistance.
Trust Yourself Enough to Learn
You don’t need to know everything.
But you do need to know enough to protect yourself, your children, your peace.
Start small:
Read one study a week
Track your symptoms in your own language
Ask providers how something works—not just what it does
Don’t settle for a pill when your question was about patterns
You are not stupid. You are awakening.
And there is nothing more powerful than an awakened patient.
The Truth Is This:
You don’t need a license to ask questions.
You don’t need a degree to have discernment.
You don’t need approval to reclaim your power.
Stop waiting to be validated.
Start listening to what you already know.
Because no one is coming to save you.
And no one knows your body better than you.