Why is it hard to find a doctor near me? Are you scared of the doctor? Is your child afraid to go to the doctor nearby? Is it really difficult to find a doctor who can help you and your child with no fears, anxieties, and other negative feelings that hinder you and your children to have a checkup examination and the like?

There are some factors that affect your visit to a doctor. Come to think of it, if you at your adult age is scared, how much more your children or toddlers? How much more your babies?

Let’s answer these questions one by one in the simplest terms and you will realize that IT IS NOT HARD TO FIND A DOCTOR NEARBY! Maybe you are just scared?

Why is it hard to find a doctor near me?

There is a saying that the “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. Plato, Margaret Wolff Hungerford, Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, and David Hum are some of the thinkers who believed the same. However, in this question Why is it hard to find a doctor near me, this is subjective.

First, what are your standards or requirements to feel or say that the doctor near you is the one? Do you have set some unrealistic ideal qualities? Better assess your expectations.

Second, is it just your thoughts or feelings that say it is hard?  Do you have trauma or phobia? More often than not, it is just your emotion particularly negative feelings and thoughts influence you. Your past experiences or others experience you heard might seated deep within you and accepted it as true. That is another story. Overcoming traumas and phobias are better addressed first.

Third, have you tried to ask second or third opinions about the said doctor? Try to read reviews first before going or finding a doctor. You can have the glimpse of the experience you heard other experience when they visited a doctor.

Let us cite some reasons why you might feel it is hard as follow: Physician shortage, Burnout among primary care doctors, Insurance limitations, shift to specialized medicine, administrative burdens, are some of the reasons that affect doctor’s availability.

Furthermore, your location may be a factor so always check your phone if your location is enabled. A google search is just a click away and even your voice can be used to find a doctor just try that voice recognition technology.

So, what is the point? Urgent Care is the answer if you are afraid or if it is hard to find your doctor!

Why? Urgent Care hired professionals at different levels from nurses, pediatricians, and other staffs.  Urgent care is always available even after hours!

For over 10 years, Kinder Pediatric Urgent Care has provided superior pediatric care for newborns to 21 years old. Open 7 days a week, it employs leading pediatricians, registered nurses and x-ray technicians to provide treatment for a broad range of illnesses and injuries.

Thus, is it hard? Of course not!

Am i just afraid to go to the doctor?

Possibly, it is not really hard to find a doctor – you are just AFRAID! The fear of the doctor is called iatrophobia originated from the Greek words iatros, meaning “healer”, and phobos, meaning “fear” meaning – the fear of doctors or medical care.

There are several factors that led you to fear doctors! These are valid and real feelings so just accept that truth but never live on it forever! The mere fact you are scared means you are alive and real human.

Let’s list down the factors why you are afraid so that eventually you will find a doctor nearby with no fears.

Some of the reasons are bad news, painful procedures, past negative experiences, embarrassment about lifestyle habits, lack of understanding, financial concerns, fear of the unknown. 

There are still some factors, but the above reasons are common.

The bottom line is do not or never be afraid to go to the doctor nearby because they are trained to treat and help humankind.

Tips and Warnings:

• Your feelings are normal as human beings. If you find it hard just accept it because that is the first step to solve it. Acceptance. Never condemn yourself of thinking that it is Hard or difficult. THAT IS HUMAN NATURE TO FEEL AFRAID AND OTHER EMOTIONS.
• Read the steps here on how to find the best pediatrician near you.
• If you are bothered on where to go read this about walk in clinic for you to understand the advantage of no appointment walk in clinics! You can further read how walk in clinic works here.
• Finding urgent care open during holidays read it here!
• Need an after hours walk in clinic? Read this article about PM Pediatrician!
• Kinder Pediatrics has multiple locations in New Jersey.